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

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

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

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

A collaboration between Google and World Bank aims to improve disaster preparation and development efforts.

Software: Interest groups around the world are using mapping tools and internet-based information sources to campaign for change ...

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days.

Mapping global happiness and conflict at the city level across the entire planet has long been a holy grail of the research community, with applications ranging from psychology and humanitarian ...