Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

Maps are a form of storytelling, as well as an information source. Even the lines, colours, symbols and size of regions ...

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its ...

The African Union says the Mercator projection distorts Africa’s size and identity—and it’s pushing a new map to set the record straight.

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America and Eurasia while under-representing the size of much of South America and ...

A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...

African Union backs revolutionary campaign to replace distorted Mercator map that shrinks Africa 14 times smaller, demanding Equal Earth projection.

The African Union endorses 'Correct the Map' campaign to replace Mercator projection with Equal Earth for geographical ...