The UN resolution instead endorses use of the Equal Earth projection, which better shows the relative sizes of land masses.

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.

A NEW world map has officially been adopted after a UN vote – with the fresh model reducing the size of Britain and the US ...

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding ...

THE United Nations has passed a resolution to adopt a new world map with a more accurate represent of continent sizes. The ...

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which ...

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

The U.N. voted to endorse a new world map called "Equal Earth" that more accurately depicts the size of continents.

The new ‘true-scale’ map shrinks Europe and North America while enlarging Africa – and depicts the disputed Kuril islands as ruled by Moscow ...

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

As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and ...