For generations, students, leaders, and media audiences around the globe have gazed at maps that lie—maps that diminish ...

The most glaring example of this distortion is Greenland, which appears to be about the same size as Africa on the map, but in reality, the continent is nearly 14-and-a-half times larger.

World Bank and BBC – to switch to the Equal Earth map projection, a fairer and more accurate representation of global geography. Through a global petition and campaign charter, the initiative invites ...