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

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 ...

The United Nations adopted the Equal Earth map showing Africa's true size, but the United States was the sole nation to vote ...

The U.N. voted to endorse a new world map called "Equal Earth" that more accurately depicts the size of continents.

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

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses. The current commonly used projection, ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...