FOX 10 Phoenix: Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed
African advocacy groups launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection. The African Union endorsed the effort, saying the distorted map minimizes Africa’s global ...
Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed
MSN: World maps get Africa's size wrong: Cartographers explain why fixing it matters
The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...
World maps get Africa's size wrong: Cartographers explain why fixing it matters
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said ...
For generations, students, leaders, and media audiences around the globe have gazed at maps that lie—maps that diminish Africa’s size and, along with it, its place in the world. But a new campaign is ...
Yahoo: Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger
Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger
The New York Times: Africa Is Big, and It Wants the World’s Maps to Show It
Africa Is Big, and It Wants the World’s Maps to Show It
The Washington Post: Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map
The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...