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Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...
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 ...
Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...
A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...
The “Correct the Map” petition wants to abandon the Mercator map of the world. The AU has now thrown its weight behind the ...
African Union promotes a new map revealing Africa’s true scale, aiming to reshape global perspectives on the continent’s size ...
The African Union endorses 'Correct the Map' campaign to replace Mercator projection with Equal Earth for geographical ...
The African Union urges global use of accurate map projections, challenging Mercator’s distortion of Africa’s true size and ...
The colonial-era Mercator map distorts continental size, making Africa look smaller than it is. The 55-nation African Union ...
The African Union has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to abandon the 16th-century Mercator projection, long ...