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

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

Last Friday, the United Nations voted 164-1 to support a new kind of world map. The Equal Earth map is designed to more accurately show the real size of continents and other land masses. The agreement ...

The process of converting a three-dimensional(3D) spherical globe into a two-dimensional(2D) flat surface creates a problem for the cartographer. A trade-off is required between the accuracy of ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...

As of Sept. 4, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that would more accurately represent the size of Africa. The ...

The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to urge governments, schools, and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look much smaller than it really is. By 164 votes to one ...

New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): India on Tuesday emphasised that equal-area map projections are essential to preserving the true relative sizes of continental landmasses, following the United ...

The United Nations on Friday was one vote shy of unanimously adopting a new map of the world that shows Africa's true size, making the continent appear far larger than it does on traditional maps. The ...