The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look ...

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Share on X (Opens in new window) Copy this page's address to your clipboard I was an African studies minor who worked my way through UCLA, typing articles for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Equal Earth projection accurately reflects countries' relative sizes. - Equal Earth The United Nations General Assembly voted ...

<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...

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 UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses. The current commonly used projection, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visual comparison of new UN world map projection Equal Earth and how Greenland's size changes compared to mercator projection. On ...