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

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

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

The common Mercator projection map distorts the size of continents, making Africa appear much smaller than it is. The United Nations General Assembly voted to encourage the use of maps that more ...

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

Officials within Marco Rubio's State Department caused major embarrassment after using a map of Africa in a presentation that failed to place a single country in the correct part of the continent. The ...

On September 4, the United Nations GeneralAssembly made what may become one of the most symbolic decisions in modernhistory. In an overwhelming vote of 164 in favour, one against and six abstentions, ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A screen shows a US government map of Africa with mislabeled countries during a State Department presentation at a global ...