Most current world maps are based on the “Mercator projection,” a method developed by 16th-century Dutch geographer Gerardus Mercator. Maps using this projection distort landmasses to such an extent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For strategic and resource reasons, Greenland looms large in the imagination of President Donald Trump. But geographically, the ...

For centuries, the familiar Mercator world map has quietly distorted Africa's size and significance. Now, a coalition of African nations is leading a campaign to set the record straight with a new, ...

The United Nations has backed a move away from the familiar Mercator world map in favour of a projection that shows countries closer to their true relative sizes. The UN General Assembly adopted the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Equal Earth projection accurately reflects countries' relative sizes. - Equal Earth The United Nations General Assembly voted ...

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. The current commonly used projection, ...

The United States opposed the move, saying, ‘Resolutions like this and the ideological agenda they promote are barnacles on ...

PARIS - The French foreign ministry on Friday said it plans to abandon using maps with the traditional Mercator projection of the world, backing a push by Africa to give the continent a more realistic ...