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IFLScience on MSNThe World Map As You Know It Is Misleading – Now Africa Wants To Change That
The map of the world as you know it – the Mercator projection – isn’t totally accurate. And Africa is leading the charge to ...
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African Union endorses call to abandon Mercator map
The African Union is backing a campaign to use maps that more accurately portray the true size of Africa. Lil Nas X says ...
The colonial-era Mercator map distorts continental size, making Africa look smaller than it is. The 55-nation African Union ...
The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...
On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But ...
A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...
African Union promotes a new map revealing Africa’s true scale, aiming to reshape global perspectives on the continent’s size ...
Keyamo Defends Use Of Repentant Offenders Like KWAM 1 As Ambassadors, Says Practice Common Globally AFRICA Festus Keyamo says appointing repentant offenders as ambassadors is common worldwide, ...
Sawyerr Outlines NELFUND’s Plan for Recovering Student Loans Post-Graduation AFRICA NELFUND’s managing director has detailed the strategies the fund will use to ensure graduates repay their student ...
• Esri, Space42, and Microsoft launched Map Africa to map all 54 African countries. • Space42 provides imagery, Esri offers mapping tools, Microsoft hosts data. • Project supports development, ...
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