Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

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 ...

The United Nations adopted the Equal Earth map showing Africa's true size, but the United States was the sole nation to vote against the resolution.

The United Nations has endorsed the 'Equal Earth' map projection to replace the traditional Mercator map, which distorts the relative size of continents. Championed by Togo and the African Union, the ...