The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look smaller than it is.

The Equal Earth projection, developed in 2018, portrays the landmasses' areas more accurately than the widely used Mercator projection. Strebe via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 If you open ...

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 ...

While both Google Maps and Google Earth are Google's mapping services, there are significant differences in their functionality and underlying technology. Here is a look at the purpose each platform ...