The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.

As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and wrong.

The United Nations General Assembly is voting Friday on whether to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong ...

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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mercator projection is the map widely used across the globe but inaccurately depicts the sizes of countries and continents ...

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 ...