The New World Map the UN Wants You to Use

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.
Newsweek

New World Map Upsets Multiple Countries: Full List

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The United Nations this month overwhelmingly approved a resolution ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

New world map adopted by UN could reshape global perceptions of power

For centuries, human understanding of the size, shape and bearing of nations has been laid out by one map based on a single projection of the way the world looks. The Mercator projection was designed ...
CNN

UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong. The ...
Game Rant

Best Open-World Games With Real World Maps

Stephanie Harris writes on Game Rant about Film, TV, and Video Games. She's am experienced content writer who always has a show on the go. Open-world games use geographic technology for stunning, ...
The Conversation

World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...