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

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

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

The Mercator map, which most of us grew up with, makes Africa look smaller and Greenland much larger than they are-but that's ...

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

The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to urge governments, schools, and tech companies worldwide to stop using ...