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

While not doing away with Mercator, the UN vote to endorse the Equal Earth projectionaims to raise awareness of continents’ ...

The resolution encourages governments and institutions to replace the Mercator projection, the 16th-century map that has ...

The challenge is not whether we can draw a different map, the challenge is whether, having seen the distortion, we are ...

Africa Bigger on world maps: Titled "Correct the Map", the resolution was passed with 164 countries voting in favour. The ...

UN General Assembly votes for equal-area projections, encouraging accurate landmass representation in education and mapping.

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

When Abimbola Ogundairo saw a pretty wooden map she thought would be great decor for her walls, she did something most regular buyers wouldn’t think of: She messaged the manufacturers with a simple, ...