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

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

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

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of ...

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...