Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display ...

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

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

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true ...

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

Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

Last Friday, the United Nations voted 164-1 to support a new kind of world map. The Equal Earth map is designed to more accurately show the real size of continents and other land masses. The agreement ...

However, the Mercator map comes with the trade-off of showing inaccurate sizes for continents. Landmasses become artificially ...

UN votes to approve new world map which will show true size of Africa - Africa-led campaign asks governments, schools and ...

The assembly approved a resolution favoring the Equal Earth projection, a map that supporters say shows the true size of ...

The Mercator map, which most of us grew up with, makes Africa look smaller and Greenland much larger than they are-but that's just the tip of the iceberg.

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