The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

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

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...

Many world maps use the Mercator projection, created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation. While ...

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

For centuries, the familiar Mercator world map has quietly distorted Africa's size and significance. Now, a coalition of ...

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

A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...

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

Given its distortions, why has the Mercator projection continued to dominate classrooms, atlases and even digital maps for centuries?