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, ...

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 ...

Maps could be redrawn in classrooms across the world as the United Nations votes on a resolution to bring in a new model which more accurately displays the size of Africa. The 80th session of the UN ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Equal Earth projection accurately reflects countries' relative sizes. - Equal Earth The United Nations General Assembly voted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United Nations has voted to adopt a new world map that more accurately reflects countries' true sizes, a resolution sponsored ...

The Equal Earth map, developed in 2018, depicts Crimea in a lighter shade, separate from russia. The resolution on the map was initiated by Togo and supported by the African Union; Ukraine abstained ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UN general assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visual comparison of new UN world map projection Equal Earth and how Greenland's size changes compared to mercator projection. On ...