Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

The mineral-rich Arctic island is open for tourism. Locals want to show what makes Greenland unique beyond a recent ...

The Mercator map from 1569 distorts Africa’s true size and ‘downplays its importance,’ Africa No Filter’s executive director tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı ...

A campaign group is pushing to have the current world map "corrected" to show Africa is actually larger than the current Mercator projection.

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 ...

There are growing calls from African nations for the international community to adopt maps that accurately reflect the true ...

Crisscrossed by rail-straight lines that correspond to constant compass bearings, the Mercator projection was ideal for navigation in the age of sail, at the expense of showing the actual size of ...

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

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in ...

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

The African Union's recent support for alternatives to the Mercator projection challenges historical cartographic distortions that misrepresent Africa's size.

French officials criticize territorial coercion in the Arctic during Greenland visit, emphasizing Europe's commitment to the island's territorial integrity.