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Africa's plan to redraw 'skewed' world map: 55-nation African Union calls for 'Equal Earth' map to replace those that 'misrepresent continent's true scale'

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 ...
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Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about ...
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Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed

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