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.

If you open Google Maps, you’ll notice that Greenland looks like it’s about the same size as Africa. However, the African ...

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new ...

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

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

The resolution, led by Togo and supported by the African Union, was passed by a huge majority of 164 votes to one, with six ...

Because the US rejects reality, it voted against the UN's Correct the Map plan ...

A claim of a UN world map vote on Africa’s scale lacks a resolution, voting record, year and source needed for verification.

The earliest known world map was etched sometime around the 6th century BCE onto a small clay tablet measuring just 4.8 by 3.2 inches. It depicts the world from the Babylonians’ point of view and is ...