A new map projection endorsed by the U.N. aims to represent Africa and other continents at their more accurate relative sizes ...

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 ...

We asked Jack Swab and Derek Alderman, cartographers and geographers who study the social and communicative power of maps, to ...

The United Nations this month overwhelmingly approved a resolution encouraging the use of a world map projection that more accurately depicts the size of continents, particularly Africa, whose ...

Much of north and central Africa, including Sudan, are also considered extreme-risk areas. Global Guardians said Nigeria was ...

But while the physical geography of our world can be set in stone, the reality is that maps are not. There are choices involved in everything from which countries are centered to ...

From the classic globe that is in schools—and in many homes—to printed paper maps and applications such as Google Maps. We have all consulted a world map on occasion, whether out of necessity (studies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new global ...