UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows countries’ true size

UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows true size of all countries - Africa-led campaign asks governments, schools ...

UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale

Togo-sponsored resolution calls to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland ...
Directions Magazine

Rethinking World Map Projections in the Classroom

For centuries, the Mercator projection has been one of the most recognizable representations of the world. Developed in 1569 during the height of maritime exploration, it was engineered with a ...
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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 ...
Phys.org

World maps get Africa's size wrong: Cartographers explain why fixing it matters

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 ...
Directions Magazine

Beyond the Mercator Map: A More Realistic World View

In classrooms, offices, and libraries across the United States, one world map appears again and again: the Mercator projection. Its familiarity makes it feel authoritative, even though it was never ...
KQED

Students See A New World With More Accurate Maps

Students throughout Boston are getting a radically different view of the world, one laminated 24-by-36-inch sheet of paper at a time. Beginning last Thursday, Boston Public Schools administrators have ...
Newsweek

Are Maps Accurate? Boston School Maps Depict Africa Bigger than North America

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Students attending Boston public schools will get a more accurate ...