Ever wondered why Greenland looks as big as Africa on the map? It’s because of something called the Mercator projection. Putting a 3-D planet on a two-dimensional world map was challenging for early ...
The post concerning Africa’s true size garnered an array of reactions, with some calling for more honest representation of Africa on world maps. One user wrote, “Can we not make and create our own map ...
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 ...