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The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...
Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...
The African Union has intensified a campaign for the use of the "right map of Africa". In the widely used Mercator map, Africa appears smaller than it is. In a bid to depict the continent's relative ...
The African Union urges global use of accurate map projections, challenging Mercator’s distortion of Africa’s true size and ...
Given its distortions, why has the Mercator projection continued to dominate classrooms, atlases and even digital maps for centuries?
The most commonly used world map could soon get a revamp to show the true scale of the African continent. The African Union ...
A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...
African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...
A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of ...
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...
Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...
The distortion has even influenced political perceptions of Trump, who once eyed buying Greenland, misled by maps showing it ...