African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...

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

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

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

For centuries, the familiar Mercator world map has quietly distorted Africa's size and significance. Now, a coalition of ...

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

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

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 (AU) has backed a campaign to replace the Mercator projection — the 16th-century world map still used in ...

The African Union is pushing to end Mercator’s distortions and replace it with projections that reflect the continent’s real ...

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...

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