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

But by looking at the Mercator Projection, one of the most widely used map projections, one wouldn’t know it. Created by ...

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.

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

The Mercator map makes Africa look smaller than it is, as a push for more accurate maps asks us to rethink how we see the ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...

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

The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.

The common Mercator projection map distorts the size of continents, making Africa appear much smaller than it is. The United Nations General Assembly voted to encourage the use of maps that more ...

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