The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look ...
The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.
The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.
It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.
We asked Jack Swab and Derek Alderman, cartographers and geographers who study the social and communicative power of maps, to ...
Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new global map is intended to better represent the relative sizes of continents and ...