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

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

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

The resolution calls for maps that more accurately represent the relative sizes of continents.

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

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

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

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

France is redrawing its world map: deeming the Mercator projection misleading, the foreign ministry will drop it in favour of ...

The UN General Assembly voted to back the Equal Earth cartographic projection in a bid to provide what it described as a ...

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