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

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. Criticism that the Mercator projection does not accurately reflect Africa ...

Here is what to know about the effort to show Africa's real size to the world. The Mercator map was created in the 16th century by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator.

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

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing ...

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it seem smaller. The Mercator map created in the 16th century ...

The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...

The African Union (AU) has endorsed a campaign for the worldwide adoption of the ‘correct’ map of the continent that adequately describes its size. The Mercator map that is widely used incorrectly ...

Reimagining Maps: Africa's Push to Redraw the World The African Union is advocating for the adoption of a new map projection that accurately represents Africa's size. The Mercator map distorts the ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays ...