The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its ...

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

A handcrafted new globe that disregards President Donald Trump’s edicts, and overtly differentiates Canada from the U.S. by ...

The African Union says the Mercator projection distorts Africa’s size and identity—and it’s pushing a new map to set the record straight.

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

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a "Correct the Map" campaign, calling for an end to the use of the standard ...

TomTom , the location technology specialist, today announced the launch of its new Automotive Navigation Application, a ready ...

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 ...

Wplace, an open-use map for users to make pixelart, has gone viral. What’s being drawn over SC locales like the Upstate, ...

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

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In ...