The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look ...

The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true ...

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which ...

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

The UN resolution instead endorses use of the Equal Earth projection, which better shows the relative sizes of land masses.

The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new ...

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.