Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new ...

The resolution, led by Togo and supported by the African Union, was passed by a huge majority of 164 votes to one, with six ...

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

The United Nations will vote Friday to adopt a new map of the world meant to make the countries appear more true to size than ...

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

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

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

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

The countries are not opposed to a new map per se; they’re testy about the colour shades.

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

Why the UN’s new world map has upset some countries - India, Japan and Ukraine protest Equal Earth map of world due to ...