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

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

Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

The UN General Assembly voted 164 to 1 to drop 500 year old Mercator world maps on September 4 2026. The UN assembly urged ...

The United Nations adopted the Equal Earth map showing Africa's true size, but the United States was the sole nation to vote ...

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

The U.N. voted to endorse a new world map called "Equal Earth" that more accurately depicts the size of continents.

The French foreign ministry on Friday said it plans to abandon using maps with the traditional Mercator projection of the ...

How distorting are map projections? Here’s what four commonly used systems of projection do to a human head. From the 1921 publication Elements in Map Projection comes this striking demonstration of ...