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

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

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new global map is intended to better represent the relative sizes of continents and ...

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 wrong.

Ever wondered why Greenland looks as big as Africa on the map? It’s because of something called the Mercator projection. Putting a 3-D planet on a two-dimensional world map was challenging for early ...

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 ...