The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.

The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

If you open Google Maps, you’ll notice that Greenland looks like it’s about the same size as Africa. However, the African continent is actually around 14 times larger than the icy landmass. This ...

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look ...

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

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

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 ...

This interactive map compares the Mercator projection versus the Equal Earth projection. Use the slide bar to compare the 2 maps. Image via EqualEarthMap.app. Science news, night sky events and ...

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer, or EDGE, will map the Earth’s topography, vegetation, ice and coastal regions with unprecedented 3D detail. Set to launch in 2030, the new satellite will provide ...

The most detailed portraits ever of the Earth’s land surface have been created with ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite. The portraits are the first products produced as part of the ESA-initiated ...

<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...

The earliest known world map was etched sometime around the 6th century BCE onto a small clay tablet measuring just 4.8 by 3.2 inches. It depicts the world from the Babylonians’ point of view and is ...