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

The countries are not opposed to a new map per se; they’re testy about the colour shades.

The UN resolution passed on September 4 represents a crucial step towards dismantling structural Eurocentrism. India voted in ...

The UN has backed a move to replace the widely used Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection, which gives a more accurate ...

Rebalancing Global Cartographic Representation and Promoting Equitable Representation of the World’s Regions, Particularly ...

If you ever looked at a plane's flight path over the Pacific Ocean, you might think it is odd, but it has nothing to do with a plane's safety.

The world looks different depending on the map. A UN resolution seeks fairer representation while exposing the political ...

The Mercator map that is now most familiar distorts the size of Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania and inflates ...

The UN wants to ditch distorted Mercator projections for accurate equal-area maps, but New Delhi is making sure nobody plays ...

For centuries, people around the world have relied on maps that make some countries and continents appear much larger or ...

The UN General Assembly voted to back the Equal Earth cartographic projection in a bid to provide what it described as a ...

In a media landscape overrun with slick data visualizations, students must develop the skills to scrutinize what’s presented ...