The African Union endorses 'Correct the Map' campaign to replace Mercator projection with Equal Earth for geographical ...

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.

It might look strange to those who are used to the Mercator map, where Africa and South America are always depicted too small. The Gall-Peters map is considered one of the best world maps.

The African Union has intensified a campaign for the use of the "right map of Africa". In the widely used Mercator map, Africa appears smaller than it is. In a bid to depict the continent's relative ...

News Item: Nebraska State Legislative Bill 962, introduced by state Sen. Justin Wayne of Omaha, prohibits the use of Mercator projection maps in public schools. From the wording in the law, “A ...

The battle between the commonplace Mercator map and the more accurate Peters map is not a new topic to try to hash out. It made its way all the way to the White House.

Boston officials said the switch to the new Gall-Peters Projection map from the traditional map, which has used Mercator Projection to show the continents for nearly the last 500 years, was ...

Instead of the traditional Mercator map of the earth that we've grown used to, authorities are introducing the Gall-Peters-style map to students to better display authentic sizes of the continents.

World map with the British Empire highlighted in red, Mercator projection. Author: Colomb, J.C.R. Publisher: MacClure & Co. Date: 1886. Location: Great Britain. BY Ruben Pater In November 2014 ...

Science Correspondent Monday 20 March 2017 11:44 GMT 0 Comments A Gall-Peters projection map of the world, which gives a much better picture of what the world as a whole actually looks like (Strebe) ...

The Peters Projection is bound to look odd and slightly ridiculous to anyone who grew up studying Mercator maps. As the controversy grew, it became a battle between the Peters and the Mercator.

The Peters Projection is bound to look odd and slightly ridiculous to anyone who grew up studying Mercator maps. As the controversy grew, it became a battle between the Peters and the Mercator.