Mercator Map News

The UN General Assembly will vote on a resolution to replace the traditional Mercator map with one that more accurately represents Africa's size, a proposal led

The United Nations has voted to move away from the 16th-century Mercator global map in favor of one that more accurately represents the true size of countries.

The U.N. is set to vote on an African proposal for a new world map using the Equal Earth projection, which accurately depicts countries' true sizes, unlike the

The UN has voted to adopt a new world map that accurately reflects Africa's true size, addressing criticisms of the widely-used Mercator map for distorting land

The U.N. General Assembly has endorsed a new world map, the Equal Earth projection, which more accurately represents Africa's larger size, with 164 member state