World map emoji meaning

The world map emoji is a graphical representation of the earth's surface, usually shown as a two-dimensional map. It is typically depicted with the continents and major bodies of water shown in various shades of blue, with land masses shown in green or brown. The world map emoji can be used to represent the globe or the concept of geography, as well as to show a desire to travel or explore the world.

The world map emoji was approved in Unicode 7.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/11052