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

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

Ever wondered why Greenland looks as big as Africa on the map? It’s because of something called the Mercator projection. Putting a 3-D planet on a two-dimensional world map was challenging for early ...

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

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

In a historic move last week, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to encourage the use of new world maps which more accurately depict continents with their true sizes. The move ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new global ...

The United Nations has voted to replace the current world map with a new one following backlash from campaign groups criticising the widely used map as "cartographic colonialism". The advocacy, led ...