The Sun

Japanese AuthaGraph ‘origami’ map hailed the most accurate ever made ‘unfolds’ the globe so countries appear the right size

The revolutionary map may look unfamiliar but it solves a centuries-old problem THIS revolutionary world map may look unfamiliar – but it has been hailed the most accurate 2D depiction of our globe ...
Daily Mail

Why every world map you're looking at is WRONG: Africa, China and India are distorted despite access to accurate satellite data

Take a look at a map today, and you’re likely to see that North America is larger than Africa, Alaska is larger than Mexico and China is smaller than Greenland. But in reality China is four times ...
Africanews on MSN

Togo to ask UN members to adopt world maps that show true size of Africa

Togo has launched a campaign to adopt a world map that better represents the true size of Africa. Now Togo will ask UN member ...
The Sun

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 sizes IT’S been revealed that the world map we’ve used for centuries doesn’t actually ...
Daily Mail

Africa's plan to redraw 'skewed' world map: 55-nation African Union calls for 'Equal Earth' map to replace those that 'misrepresent continent's true scale'

African nations are demanding that the 'distorted' world map be redrawn to show the true scale of the continent that they argue has been misrepresented for centuries. The African Union (AU) has backed ...