The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look ...

The new map is intended to reduce geographic distortions in educational materials, public communications and data ...

Ever wondered why Greenland looks as big as Africa on the map? It’s because of something called the Mercator projection. Putting a 3-D planet on a two-dimensional world map was challenging for early ...

Maps “really are a time capsule of how that cartographer saw the world,” said Tony Rodono, owner of The Map Shop, based in ...

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new ...

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

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true ...

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

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has criticised a new UN world map showing Russian-occupied Crimea separately from Ukraine.

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to endorse a new world map that shows Africa's large size more accurately.