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

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

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

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 is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

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

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world, in favour of one that ...

The Mercator map of the world is used by many governments and international organisations. But the Correct The Map campaign has revived criticism of its use.

Cartographers in the 1600s had bold ideas of Australia, and some incredible methods of depicting those ideas in maps and globes.

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.

Good morning. Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Ukraine where he pledged support on war efforts. Canada has also recently ...

Wplace, an open-use map for users to make pixelart, has gone viral. What’s being drawn over SC locales like the Upstate, ...