Africa backs new map to better reflect continent's true size Countries say Mercator projection perpetuates stereotypes Togo leads push to replace the Mercator map Draft UN resolution on ditching ...

Togo will ask United Nations member states to adopt a world ‌map that more accurately reflects the true size of Africa and ditch the 16th-century Mercator projection, its foreign minister ‌says.

By Noel Kokou Tadegnon and Catarina Demony LOME, April 14 (Reuters) - Togo will ask United Nations member states to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the true size of Africa and ditch ...

Imprisoned for heresy, Gerardus Mercator later created a map that transformed navigation forever. We explore why his ...

The Assembly of the African Union (AU), at its 39th Ordinary Session, has adopted a landmark decision to correct Africa’s misrepresentation in global cartography, geospatial systems, media and ...

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