Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding ...

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

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which ...

The U.N. voted to endorse a new world map called "Equal Earth" that more accurately depicts the size of continents.

The resolution, led by Togo and supported by the African Union, was passed by a huge majority of 164 votes to one, with six ...

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, ...

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.

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

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.