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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The assembly approved a resolution favoring the Equal Earth projection, a map that supporters say shows the true size of ...

A new world map could change how Africa’s size is represented following the adoption of the “Correct the Map” resolution by ...

The United Nations is overwhelmingly in support of an effort to change how the world is represented on maps, focusing on correcting distortions that have long made Africa appear s ...