A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But ...

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

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of ...

African Union promotes a new map revealing Africa’s true scale, aiming to reshape global perspectives on the continent’s size ...

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

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But ...

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...

The Mercator map, widely used since 1599, shows a version of Africa that has been distorted to appear significantly smaller.

The distortion has even influenced political perceptions of Trump, who once eyed buying Greenland, misled by maps showing it ...