Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

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

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

UN votes to approve new world map which will show true size of Africa - Africa-led campaign asks governments, schools and tech firms to move away from the centuries-old Mercator projection ...

We asked Jack Swab and Derek Alderman, cartographers and geographers who study the social and communicative power of maps, to ...

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'.

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

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