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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 ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

In school, I was, and still am, excellent in geography and history, but very poor in Arabic grammar and mathematics, and average in the other subjects. The world map has been my passion ever since I ...

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 ...

CNN Election History presents historical election results on maps that represent the 48 contiguous states, Alaska, and Hawaii. CNN uses a Web Mercator map projection in the Election History ...

MAPS commonly used in schools rely heavily on a contorted version of the world from an earlier age in history. The map most widely adopted for educating youngsters was created by Gerardus Mercator, a ...

In 1569, when Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator flattened the earth’s cylindrical surface onto paper, he gave sailors the tools to navigate ocean voyages. But he also distorted the size of ...

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 ...

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