How much power lies in a map? The push to replace the ‘distorted’ Mercator projection with a more accurate map that portrays ...

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

Two Africa-based advocacy groups, Africa No Filter and Speak Up Africa, launched a change-the-map campaign in April. “When whole generations, in Africa and elsewhere, learn from a distorted map, they ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

Dublin City Schools is preparing to unveil new high school boundaries as construction continues on an expansion at Scioto ...

The Equal Earth projections. The African Union has endorsed using the Equal Earth Projection as it better represents the true size of the world’s continents. The African Union has endorsed the ...

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The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...

The African Union is advocating for the adoption of a new map projection that accurately represents Africa's size. The Mercator map distorts the size of continents, minimizing Africa's significance.

WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — Beautiful fall foliage scenes are not too far off in West Virginia and the state is getting geared up for its fall tourism season. The West Virginia Department of Tourism has ...

LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments ...