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

The world map is a familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but you might be surprised to learn that it’s not an accurate representation of the Earth. In fact, in terms of country and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. World maps distort size and shape by design. Learn why projections matter and how they shape global understanding. (CREDIT: ...

Indian diplomat Raghoo Puri noted that equal-area approaches address size distortions from traditional navigation maps. While ...

LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments ...

India has backed a UN resolution promoting more accurate world maps while calling for flexibility in choosing map projections ...