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

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

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

We asked Jack Swab and Derek Alderman, cartographers and geographers who study the social and communicative power of maps, to ...

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new global map is intended to better represent the relative sizes of continents and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image credits: Unsplash Pop open a blank world map and ask the average person to point to a handful of countries that make ...

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

But while the physical geography of our world can be set in stone, the reality is that maps are not. There are choices involved in everything from which countries are centered to ...