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

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

The African Union's recent support for alternatives to the Mercator projection challenges historical cartographic distortions ...

Africa's landmass is so big that Russia, China, India and the United States could fit in it. But that's not the impression you get when you look at the world map that's been in use for more than 450 ...

TICAD in August Africa is not a small region that can be described in short. On a Mercator projection world map, which looks small around the equator, Africa does not look so vast.

The distortion has even influenced political perceptions of Trump, who once eyed buying Greenland, misled by maps showing it ...

NOAA’s senior-most official overseeing the agency’s satellites said Monday morning he remained in the dark about why he was placed on administrative leave last week pending an investigation ...

Stock market today: Nifty-50 managed to hold above the 24,450 mark on a closing basis. A decisive move above the 24,800 level could pave the way for a further rebound towards the 25,000 mark, said ...

THIS book, in the earlier chapters, traces the history of projection, and presents an account of the general theory, together with deductions. Then follows a chapter on the theory of the ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi supports Donald Trump's claim that India's economy is 'dead', calling it a widely acknowledged fact. He challenges PM Modi on various international policies and trade ...