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.

However, the Mercator map comes with the trade-off of showing inaccurate sizes for continents. Landmasses become artificially ...

Last week, on 4th September, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an African proposal for a new world map, which shows ...

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

The process of converting a three-dimensional(3D) spherical globe into a two-dimensional(2D) flat surface creates a problem ...

The Mercator map, which most of us grew up with, makes Africa look smaller and Greenland much larger than they are-but that's ...

The UN has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favor ...

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

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

UN has backed a new world map designed to show the relative size of continents more accurately, particularly correcting the ...

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