The world map is a familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but you might be surprised to learn that it's not an accurate representation of the Earth. In fact, in terms of country and ...

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

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 ...

It is not that the map has changed. It is our way of looking at the world that has changed.I would like you to take a look at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visual comparison of new UN world map projection Equal Earth and how Greenland's size changes compared to mercator projection. On ...

A World Map With No National Borders and 1,642 Animals A self-taught artist-cartographer and outdoorsman spent three years on an obsessive labor of love with few parallels. By Natasha Frost Reporting ...

When Abimbola Ogundairo saw a pretty wooden map she thought would be great decor for her walls, she did something most regular buyers wouldn’t think of: She messaged the manufacturers with a simple, ...

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. The UN General Assembly earlier this month voted to adopt a new map of the ...