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.

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.

A NEW world map has officially been adopted after a UN vote – with the fresh model reducing the size of Britain and the US ...

UN votes to approve new world map which will show true size of Africa - Africa-led campaign asks governments, schools and ...

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

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding ...

This is the Mercator Projection; it's the world map most humans have been using for quite a while. It was first drawn up by ...

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

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

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

As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and ...