Daily Mail

The map of the world as you know it will completely change to show countries' true sizes under UN resolution - with Africa much larger

The UN General Assembly is due to vote on Friday on a proposal to move away from the traditional Mercator projection.

UN Approves Resolution for World Map That Depicts Africa’s Size More Accurately

Maps have been in the news of late, largely because of the forelock-tugging pusillanimity shown by Google and Apple in ...
NewsX

Why Is The UN Set To Adopt A New World Map? What Will ‘Equal Earth Projection’ Change And Why Now?

Why is the UN considering a new World map? Learn how Equal Earth could correct Mercator distortions and better show the true ...
Omaha

Take a look at several different map projections

The Gall-Peters projection was created by James Gall and Arno Peters in 1855. Date of map: August 15, 2011 Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium ...