New Delhi: Member states of the African Union, on 15 August, signed a petition for the world to ‘reject’ the Mercator map projection and accept a more equitable projection that “more accurately ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Abimbola Ogundairo saw a pretty wooden map she thought would be great decor for her walls, she did something most regular ...
LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments ...
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Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map
In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would ...
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