But while the physical geography of our world can be set in stone, the reality is that maps are not. There are choices ...

A Flat Earther attempts to fold a flat map over a globe to prove the Earth is not curved. The demonstration seems ...

A flat-Earth creator argues that the Southern Hemisphere must be much larger than globe maps show, citing time zones, yacht speeds, flight paths and submarine cables. SciManDan checks those claims and ...

However, the Mercator map comes with the trade-off of showing inaccurate sizes for continents. Landmasses become artificially ...

The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.

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.

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to phase out Mercator projections and adopt Equal Earth projections, a change meant to better represent geographic size on maps. The vote came on Sept. 4, ...

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

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true ...

The Mercator projection is the map widely used across the globe but inaccurately depicts the sizes of countries and continents The UN has just called for the predominant world map to be replaced with ...