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.

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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.

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

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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 ...

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 ...