Cartographers explain how the Equal Earth projection shows Africa’s true relative size and why the world map we use matters.

The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

Mapping a sphere onto a flat plane is mathematically impossible. But a better world map than the Mercator projection is ...

Ever wondered why Greenland looks as big as Africa on the map? It’s because of something called the Mercator projection. Putting a 3-D planet on a two-dimensional world map was challenging for early ...

World maps are the worst. Continents and oceans are distorted to an unrealistic proportion in an attempt to represent a three-dimensional sphere on a two-dimensional plain. Some maps—looking at you, ...

On the second day in Tokyo, I visited the Toyo Bunko Museum, a place I have long wanted to see. They are currently holding a ...

When a Trump administration official presented a cringingly erroneous map of Africa at a global conference last month, the blunder gave fresh momentum to a campaign for an accurate world map that ...

The urge to map is a basic, enduring human instinct. Where would we be without maps? The obvious answer is, of course, 'lost', but maps provide answers to many more questions than simply how to get ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly backed a resolution aimed at changing the way Africa and other regions are represented on world maps. The "Correct the Map" ...

World map with the British Empire highlighted in red, Mercator projection. Author: Colomb, J.C.R. Publisher: MacClure & Co. Date: 1886. Location: Great Britain. BY Ruben Pater In November 2014, the ...