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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 ...

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of ...

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...

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.

The Mercator map of the world is used by many governments and international organisations. But the Correct The Map campaign ...