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 ...

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses. The current commonly used projection, ...

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

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

The United Nations this month overwhelmingly approved a resolution encouraging the use of a world map projection that more accurately depicts the size of continents, particularly Africa, whose ...

The UN resolution, supported by 164 countries with the United States voting against, urges member states to adopt the “Equal Earth” projection over the traditional 16th-century Mercator map. Want more ...

The "Correct the Map" resolution adopted by the General Assembly aims to fix the discrepancy on the Mercator map.

The Mercator projection, left, distorts the relative size of landmasses, particularly towards the poles. The Equal Earth ...

The new map, known as the Equal Earth cartographic projection, is designed to provide a more accurate representation of the world's land masses, according to the resolution. A new and more realistic ...

When Abimbola Ogundairo saw a pretty wooden map she thought would be great decor for her walls, she did something most regular buyers wouldn’t think of: She messaged the manufacturers with a simple, ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions of Earth. However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, ...