The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

The United Nations has backed a move away from the familiar Mercator world map in favour of a projection that shows countries closer to their true relative sizes. The UN General Assembly adopted the ...

But by looking at the Mercator Projection, one of the most widely used map projections, one wouldn’t know it. Created by ...

Officials within Marco Rubio's State Department caused major embarrassment after using a map of Africa in a presentation that failed to place a single country in the correct part of the continent. The ...

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 ...

The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. The "Correct the Map" resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by ...