The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its ...

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

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a "Correct the Map" campaign, calling for an end to the use of the standard ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In ...

The African Union says the Mercator projection distorts Africa’s size and identity—and it’s pushing a new map to set the record straight.

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

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