If you open Google Maps, you’ll notice that Greenland looks like it’s about the same size as Africa. However, the African ...

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger ...

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

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

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

Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Friday calling for world maps to more accurately reflect the ...

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

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

The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to adopt a new world map that makes the African continent bigger while ...

The UN General Assembly is due to vote on Friday on a proposal to move away from the traditional Mercator projection.

The U.S. was the only country to vote against the U.N. resolution, which encourages the use of an “Equal Earth” map. The U.S.