The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.
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.
How the world map changed over centuries, why Mercator makes Greenland look huge, why Asia is the largest continent, how map projections work and the truth behind common world map myths.
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