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Equal-Area vs Compromise Projections: Which One Does Your Map Actually Need?
The UN recommended equal-area projections, but equal-area is not automatically right for every map. A decision guide covering Equal Earth, Natural Earth, Robinson and when each one wins.
·4 min
What Is the Equal Earth Projection? The Map the UN Named, Explained
Equal Earth is a pseudocylindrical equal-area projection from 2018 that looks like Robinson but gets every country's area exactly right. Here is what it preserves, what it distorts, and when to use it.
·4 min
How to Make an Equal Earth Map Online (Free, No Sign-Up)
A step-by-step walkthrough of building a world map on the Equal Earth projection in the browser: paint or import your data, switch projection, add a legend, and export it print-ready.
·4 min
The True Size of Africa: Why Mercator Shrinks a Continent
Africa is about 14 times the size of Greenland, but a Mercator map draws them nearly equal. Here is the arithmetic behind the distortion, and why a UN resolution ended up being about it.
·4 min
The UN Endorsed the Equal Earth Projection: What the Resolution Actually Says
On 4 September 2026 the UN General Assembly adopted resolution A/80/L.104, 'Correct the map', by 164 votes to 1. Here is what it does, what it does not do, and why almost every headline about it was wrong.
·5 min