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

The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more ...

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a "Correct the Map" campaign, calling for an end to the use of the standard ...

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

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

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

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

For over five centuries, a single version of the world map has shaped our perception of geography. The Mercator projection, ...

The Waldseemüller Map: Charting the New World Two obscure 16th-century German scholars named the American continent and changed the way people thought about the world ...

World map with the British Empire highlighted in red, Mercator projection. Author: Colomb, J.C.R. Publisher: MacClure & Co. Date: 1886. Location: Great Britain. BY Ruben Pater In November 2014 ...