The three cartographers created the Equal Earth map in response to public schools in Boston adopting another map, the Gall-Peter map projection, to depict the true sizes of the continents in 2017.

The standard world map actually looks nothing like the real one… and this is why The popular map projection, which is also used by Google, shows the continents and countries in disproportionate ...

Cartographers have unveiled a new map of the world which shows the size of the continents more accurately. The new projection is called Equal Earth and is designed to represent the relative sizes ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

Africa is much bigger than you think. Traditional maps have downplayed the size of the continent in comparison to other parts of the world for hundreds of years.

Among the seven continents, Australia is the smallest, spanning over 8 million square kilometers, according to National Geographic.

But if you really want to know the true size of the world, don’t look at an atlas. This may sound like a conspiracy theory, but the current world map is wrong! The size and shape of countries and ...

Finally, an Accurate World Map That Doesn't Lie We're long overdue for an accurate world map. Get the real story behind different map projections and see which one is the most accurate map of the ...