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

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 ...

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 ...

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 Mercator projection, left, distorts the relative size of landmasses, particularly towards the poles. The Equal Earth projection, right, preserves their relative areas, showing Africa at its true ...

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

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 ...

Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display Three cartographers have spoken of their astonishment at the UN’s near-universal adoption ...

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

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 ...