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

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 ...

A shrunken Africa, a Greenland and a northern Russia that seem to stretch into infinity: that is about to disappear from the maps used by French diplomacy. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced ...

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 ...

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 ...

I think that maybe you are mistaking Google Maps and Google Earth, with the latter represent on a Globe. Click to expand... Google Maps on the desktop uses a modified Mercator projection on small ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A shrunken Africa, a Greenland and a northern Russia that seem to stretch into infinity: that is about to disappear from the maps ...

France is redrawing its world map: deeming the Mercator projection misleading, the foreign ministry will drop it in favour of a map that better reflects actual continental sizes, especially Africa. A ...