The Fight for a New Map Reflecting Africa’s True Size Challenges Centuries of Western Dominance AFRICA When Nigerian-born ...

The UN General Assembly has endorsed a non-binding, African-led resolution promoting equal-area map projections such as Equal Earth to better represent the size of continents.

The UN General Assembly has voted 164–1 to phase out the 1569 Mercator map projection in favour of the Equal Earth map. Learn how the new map accurately reflects Africa's true size after 450 years of ...

The UN General Assembly voted 164 to one, with six abstentions, to adopt the "Correct the Map" resolution, an effort to ...

NEW YORK – Namibia says the United Nations’ adoption of the “Correct the Map” resolution is part of a wider effort to address the historical injustices suffered by Africa and Africans. Namibia’s ...

Did you feel that? The Earth moved. Or rather, our perception of the Earth shifted. Still, don't retire that "Everything is Bigger in Texas" bumper sticker just yet. More on that in a bit. On Sept. 4, ...

The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look larger than their actual relative sizes, and those near the equator look muc ...

We visit a country in Africa and say we have gone to Africa, forgetting that the world’s second largest continent, after Asia, is Africa. Now tell me if you visit the US or the UK or Japan, do you say ...

Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The ...