Explore the World in True Proportion

and areas are estimates from those outlines. ， Bernhard Jenny， or project. Customize a map. Are the boundaries and area figures official? Our maps use simplified Natural Earth outlines. Small islands may be missing， What does “equal area” mean? A place twice as large on Earth occupies twice as much space on the map. Equal Earth preserves relative area， presentation， and Tom Patterson introduced the projection in 2018. The UN’s September 2026 endorsement brought renewed attention to it. Read the sourced account. Can I download and use the maps? Yes. Our map illustrations use public-domain Natural Earth data and are released under CC0. Use them in your classroom， while shapes and distances still change. About the projection. Did the United Nations create this map? No. Bojan Šavrič，。