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

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

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

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 ...

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

The U.N. voted to endorse a new world map called "Equal Earth" that more accurately depicts the size of continents.

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, ...

The UN General Assembly voted 164 to 1 to drop 500 year old Mercator world maps on September 4 2026. The UN assembly urged ...

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

A NEW world map has officially been adopted after a UN vote – with the fresh model reducing the size of Britain and the US ...

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

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 ...