The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look larger than their actual relative sizes, and those near the equator look muc ...

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

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.

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

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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a ...

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong. The ...

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The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses. The current commonly used projection, ...