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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 ...
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Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...
A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of ...
The African Union (AU) has backed a campaign to replace the Mercator projection — the 16th-century world map still used in ...
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...
The African Union has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to abandon the 16th-century Mercator projection, long ...
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.