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

We put countries and continents in a unique geographical perspective. Produced by Sam Rega. Research by Christina Sterbenz and illustrations by Mike Nudelman. Follow BI Video: On Facebook Latest ...

Some of the continents are smaller or bigger than on a globe., Mercator map projection The Mercator map projection is used widely for navigation, but it distorts the size of countries and continents.

How do you represent the world globe on a flat surface? Can it be done without distorting the sizes of countries and continents and the distances between places? What would it take to make an accurate ...

THIS revolutionary world map may look unfamiliar – but it has been hailed the most accurate 2D depiction of our globe ever made. The clever ‘origami’-style technique solves a cent… ...

Some of the continents are smaller or bigger than on a globe., Mercator map projection The Mercator map projection is used widely for navigation, but it distorts the size of countries and continents.

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

IT’S been revealed that the world map we’ve used for centuries doesn’t actually accurately illustrate the globe’s countries and continents. When this world map was charted i… ...

They settled on 20 indicators that are available to 97 countries from low-, middle- and high-income regions, and built a global map to rate the sustainability of food systems across the globe.

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