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

How the world map changed over centuries, why Mercator makes Greenland look huge, why Asia is the largest continent, how map projections work and the truth behind common world map myths.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. World maps distort size and shape by design. Learn why projections matter and how they shape global understanding. (CREDIT: ...

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 ...

Every flat map sacrifices some geographical properties. Equal Earth preserves relative land area, while Mercator's navigational advantages come with increasingly severe area distortion towards the ...

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

The world map could be getting a facelift after the UN backed a new cartographic projection to portray the size of continents more accurately.'The UN on Saturday endorsed the adoption of the Equal ...

From Mercator to Equal Earth, a debate over how map projections shape our understanding of size, power and geography ...

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for greater use of map projections that more accurately represent the relative size of different regions. India voted in favour of ...

Map correction is not an easy task. The United Nations must have realised this soon after adopting a resolution to promote equal-area map projections that more accurately show the true size of Africa ...

Member states of the United Nations on September 4 endorsed a resolution promoting map projections that more accurately reflect the true size of continents, a statement by the global organisation ...

The process of converting a three-dimensional(3D) spherical globe into a two-dimensional(2D) flat surface creates a problem for the cartographer. A trade-off is required between the accuracy of ...