The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world, in favour of one that ...

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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, ...

The most commonly used world map could soon get a revamp to show the true scale of the African continent. The African Union ...

The African Union is now supporting the Correct the Map campaign for an “Equal Earth” alternative, which “shows the continent ...

Given its distortions, why has the Mercator projection continued to dominate classrooms, atlases and even digital maps for centuries?

Two Africa-based advocacy groups, Africa No Filter and Speak Up Africa, launched a “Change the Map” campaign in April. “When ...

Go with the Mercator map and all the continents and islands retain their real shapes — but the further north or south of the equator they are, the bigger they look compared countries near the equator.