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.

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all ... continue to investigate, the very map of the world we thought we knew may change.

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 ...

When the Boston Public School District recently decided to change what type of map it used, that move inspired a group of scientists to develop a brand new type of world map. They claim it is the ...

But now scientists have produced a new 2D map that accurately shows Earth and its continents ... for alternative equal-area map projections for world maps, but could not find any that met all ...

A fantastic map from ... dwarfs the continent Europe, having about the same surface area as Africa, while Saturn's little moon Enceladus is hardly bigger than Japan. It's a wide world out there ...