On September 4, 2026, the United Nations adopted a resolution to promote a new map of the world. The resolution encourages ...

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, ...

For centuries, human understanding of the size, shape and bearing of nations has been laid out by one map based on a single projection of the way the world looks. The Mercator projection was designed ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UN General Assembly earlier this month voted to adopt a new map of the world, which passed with the support of 164 nations, ...

A NEW world map has officially been adopted after a UN vote – with the fresh model reducing the size of Britain and the US while making Africa bigger. The landmark resolution means the traditional ...

The new map, known as the Equal Earth cartographic projection, is designed to provide a more accurate representation of the world's land masses, according to the resolution.

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

For generations, the world map many of us grew up looking at has shaped how we imagine the size of countries and continents. But there is a problem: the familiar Mercator projection does not ...

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved a new world map to rectify Africa’s distorted size while giving the continent a true representation on the map. The Friday’s resolution was ...

This is the Mercator Projection; it's the world map most humans have been using for quite a while. It was first drawn up by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569 to help sailors navigate the ...

The current commonly used projection, called the Mercator Projection, greatly exaggerates land towards the north and south poles, which makes Africa look much smaller. In the Mercator projection, ...