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

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

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

The map of the world as you know it – the Mercator projection – isn’t totally accurate. And Africa is leading the charge to ...

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

Africa's landmass is so big that Russia, China, India and the United States could fit in it. But that's not the impression you get when you look at the world map that's been in use for more than 450 ...

Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Space42 and Microsoft to support the Map Africa Initiat ...

Map Africa data will be licensed to national governments, enabling ownership and long-term updating by National Mapping Agencies.

With Map Africa, we are helping to establish a foundational resource that will drive infrastructure planning, economic growth, and sustainable development across the continent.” Space42, a UAE-based ...

Microsoft, Space42, and Esri have launched the Map Africa Initiative, a five-year effort to build the most comprehensive digital base map of Africa, covering all 54 countries. The initiative aims ...

With reliable data, communities and economies prosper.” Jack Dangermond, President of Esri said, "We are proud to support the Map Africa Initiative in partnership with Space42. Transforming satellite ...

Google uses AI to add millions of previously undocumented buildings in Africa to Google Maps, closing the digital divide and aiding urban planning.