The U.N. Togo led the initiative to further the African Union campaign to limit use of the Mercator map, which distorts the relative size of land masses by expanding those nearer the poles. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• The U.N. General Assembly has endorsed the Equal Earth projection, a new map that more accurately depicts the size of Africa. Critics of the old map said that it made northern countries appear larger, reinforcing a colonial worldview.S1

• Togo led the initiative to further the African Union campaign to limit use of the Mercator map, which distorts the relative size of land masses by expanding those nearer the poles. It makes Greenland appear roughly the same size as Africa, though Africa is abo...S2