A new map projection endorsed by the U.N. aims to represent Africa and other continents at their more accurate relative sizes ...

The UN General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution promoting world maps that more accurately reflect the relative sizes of countries and continents, with 164 member states voting in favor, six ...

For generations, the world map many of us grew up looking at has shaped how we imagine the size of countries and continents. But there is a problem: the familiar Mercator projection does not ...

The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

Aimed at “a more accurate representation” of continental landmasses, the resolution was supported by 164 countries, while the US voted against it and six other states abstained. The new map – known as ...

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.

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

The common Mercator projection map distorts the size of continents, making Africa appear much smaller than it is. The United Nations General Assembly voted to encourage the use of maps that more ...

At first glance, the world map seems familiar and unchanging, with its continents neatly in place. But far beneath the waves of the southwestern Pacific, stretching around New Zealand and New ...