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 ...

As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and wrong.

In the crowded municipality of Raiganj in West Bengal, India, roughly 22 metric tons of municipal solid waste accumulate ...

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

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

Arizona’s population is projected to grow by more than 2 million people over the next 35 years. Here is a look at the numbers ...

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.

African countries, as usual, are largely passive by-standers in most aspects of knowledge that affects the progress of ...

How the world map changed over centuries, why Mercator makes Greenland look huge, why Asia is the largest continent, how map projections work and the truth behind common world map myths.

Why the UN’s new world map has upset some countries - India, Japan and Ukraine protest Equal Earth map of world due to disputed territorial claims ...

On the Equal Earth map, Ireland suddenly looks a lot more northernly and a lot less central - no longer the much-vaunted ...