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

How distorting are map projections? Here’s what four commonly used systems of projection do to a human head. From the 1921 publication Elements in Map Projection comes this striking ...

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

The map of the world as you know it – the Mercator projection – isn’t totally accurate. And Africa is leading the charge to ...

The Equal Earth projection was developed after Boston Public Schools said it was updating the maps it used in its classrooms.

A campaign group is pushing to have the current world map "corrected" to show Africa is actually larger than the current ...

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

The African Union has endorsed the ‘Correct the Map’ campaign to abandon the 16th-century Mercator projection, long ...

All Gene Keyes ever wanted was a perfect map. It would have all the features in proportion, measured and accurate down to the closest tightest possible measurement. It would be a map he could look ...

THE second edition of this useful book differs little from the first, which was published in 1914, but the author's identity is now revealed. Most books on map projection are either severely ...

Explore the fascinating history of world maps, from ancient to modern times, and their impact on our understanding of geography and culture.