It is not that the map has changed. It is our way of looking at the world that has changed.I would like you to take a look at ...

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

Correct the map: The title of the United Nations non-binding resolution adopted on Fri (Sep 4) by the General Assembly, aimed at encouraging governments, schools, media organisations and other ...

Look at a familiar world map and Africa can appear much smaller than it really is. But is Africa actually smaller? No. The problem is the way the round Earth is shown on a flat map. The most familiar ...

Cartographers explain how the Equal Earth projection shows Africa’s true relative size and why the world map we use matters.

The Mercator projection is the map widely used across the globe but inaccurately depicts the sizes of countries and continents The UN has just called for the predominant world map to be replaced with ...

The Mercator projection, left, distorts the relative size of landmasses, particularly towards the poles. The Equal Earth ...

The map you might have been learning from your whole life may have given you a pretty inaccurate understanding of the relative sizes of Earth's landmasses. On September 4, 2026, the United Nations ...

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 ...

PARIS - The French foreign ministry on Friday said it plans to abandon using maps with the traditional Mercator projection of the world, backing a push by Africa to give the continent a more realistic ...

I previously examined the representation of deviation score ranking tables for middle school entrance exams. My conclusion ...