But by looking at the Mercator Projection, one of the most widely used map projections, one wouldn’t know it. Created by ...

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.

However, the Mercator map comes with the trade-off of showing inaccurate sizes for continents. Landmasses become artificially enlarged the farther they are from the Earth’s equator, which leads to ...

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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "On classroom walls from Lagos to London", the standard map of the world depicts an "inflated Britain at the centre" and a ...

The Mercator map makes Africa look smaller than it is, as a push for more accurate maps asks us to rethink how we see the ...

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

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.

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

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