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 ...

Maps are a form of storytelling, as well as an information source. Even the lines, colours, symbols and size of regions ...

users can choose between Mercator and globe view, said Caroline Bourdeau, a spokeswoman for the company. On mobile, Google Maps only offers Mercator. The World Bank uses the Winkel tripel or the Equal ...

"On classroom walls from Lagos to London", the standard map of the world depicts an "inflated Britain at the centre" and a dramatically "shrunken Africa", said The Times. But this could soon change.

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

An early 20th century world map using the Mercator projection, which critics say exaggerates the size of regions near the poles like Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America. African ...