The United Nations has endorsed the 'Equal Earth' map projection to replace the traditional Mercator map, which distorts the ...

THE United Nations has passed a resolution to adopt a new world map that would more accurately represent nations’ sizes. The ...

The United Nations is overwhelmingly in support of an effort to change how the world is represented on maps, focusing on correcting distortions that have long made Africa appear s ...

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.

For over 450 years we have been misled about what the world actually looks like. . . . until now. And one notable nation is ...

The U.N. voted to endorse a new world map called "Equal Earth" that more accurately depicts the size of continents.

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

The UN resolution instead endorses use of the Equal Earth projection, which better shows the relative sizes of land masses.

A NEW world map has officially been adopted after a UN vote – with the fresh model reducing the size of Britain and the US ...

The United Nations voted on Friday in favor of adopting a resolution to replace the Mercator projection, which distorts the ...