African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa's size

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

Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

Crisscrossed by rail-straight lines that correspond to constant compass bearings, the Mercator projection was ideal for navigation in the age of sail, at the expense of showing the actual size of ...
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World maps get Africa’s size wrong: This must be fixed

Jack Swab and Derek AldermanThe African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign ...