The world map is a familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but you might be surprised to learn that it’s not an accurate representation of the Earth. In fact, in terms of country and ...

For centuries, the Mercator map has shown the African continent to be smaller than it is. Now the African Union is calling ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people's perceptions of Earth. However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, ...

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ...

There is an episode in The West Wing television series in which White House press spokesperson CJ Craig meets a delegation of cartographers, who explain that the standard world map — a Mercator ...

African advocacy groups launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection. The African Union endorsed the effort, saying the distorted map minimizes Africa’s global ...

"On classroom walls from Lagos to London", the standard map of the world depicts an "inflated Britain at the centre" and a dramatically "shrunken Africa", said The Times. But this could soon change.

In June, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, speaking from the International Space Station, noted that India looked "much larger" from space than on standard maps. This very phenomenon, where tropical ...

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...

Africa is not happy with how Google Maps portrays it. The popular Mercator map projection, used by Google Maps and many other ...