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The most commonly used world map could soon get a revamp to show the true scale of the African continent. The African Union ...
A campaign group is pushing to have the current world map "corrected" to show Africa is actually larger than the current ...
A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...
African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...
The African Union is now supporting the Correct the Map campaign for an “Equal Earth” alternative, which “shows the continent ...
The African Union has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to abandon the 16th-century Mercator projection, long ...
Criticism of the Mercator map is not new, but the 'Correct The Map' campaign – led by advocacy groups Africa No Filter and ...
The African Union endorses 'Correct the Map' campaign to replace Mercator projection with Equal Earth for geographical ...
Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.
The 55 countries endorsed a campaign to replace the Mercator map with alternatives that supporters say more accurately ...
The African Union has backed mounting calls to discontinue the Mercator map, which inaccurately shrinks Africa’s true ...