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

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look ...

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

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look larger than their actual relative sizes, and those near the equator look muc ...

On September 4, the United Nations GeneralAssembly made what may become one of the most symbolic decisions in modernhistory. In an overwhelming vote of 164 in favour, one against and six abstentions, ...

The African Union has joined a campaign urging global institutions to adopt a map of Africa that more accurately reflects the continent's size. The Mercator map, widely used since 1599, shows a ...

The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.

The common Mercator projection map distorts the size of continents, making Africa appear much smaller than it is. The United Nations General Assembly voted to encourage the use of maps that more ...

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