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

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But ...

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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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 ...

Africa's plan to redraw 'skewed' world map: 55-nation Union calls for 'Equal Earth' map

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 ...

The problem with AU’s bigger map proposal

The AU’s concerns are hardly new. In the 1970s and 1980s, the same debate raged fiercely until it was resolved in favor of ...

New train, old tracks: Why Vande Bharat’s speed varies across India’s network

Vande Bharat trains promise speed, but old tracks limit performance. This story explores why India's semi-high-speed dream ...