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Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...
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 ...
Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...
African Union promotes a new map revealing Africa’s true scale, aiming to reshape global perspectives on the continent’s size ...
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 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 ...
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 has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to abandon the 16th-century Mercator projection, long ...
The African Union is pushing to end Mercator’s distortions and replace it with projections that reflect the continent’s real ...