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

The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look ...

The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.

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 widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

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

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to endorse a new world map that shows Africa's large size more accurately.

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 on the map we use today.

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.

It's a problem that has plagued cartographers for centuries: How do you accurately represent a round world on a flat map? The most common world map used today, designed almost 450 years ago, is highly ...