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

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

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

The African Union urges global use of accurate map projections, challenging Mercator’s distortion of Africa’s true size and ...

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

The most commonly used world map could soon get a revamp to show the true scale of the African continent. The African Union ...

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

Criticism of the Mercator map is not new, but the 'Correct The Map' campaign – led by advocacy groups Africa No Filter and ...

The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...

Many world maps use the Mercator projection, created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation. While ...