Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday (local time) adopted an African Union-backed resolution titled 'Correct the Map', calling for more accurate and equitable cartographic representation of ...

If you open Google Maps, you’ll notice that Greenland looks like it’s about the same size as Africa. However, the African ...

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The ...

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look smaller than it is. By John Yoon The United Nations General Assembly on ...

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

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

The countries are not opposed to a new map per se; they’re testy about the colour shades.

State Department says staffer hastily altered slide deck before Rio event Reuters analysis finds map image carries OpenAI watermark Map places Nigeria in Sahara and shifts Mozambique and Ivory Coast ...