A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions ...

African advocacy groups launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection. The African Union endorsed the effort, saying the distorted map minimizes Africa’s global ...

Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

Africa is much bigger than you think. Here’s how you’ve been misled - A world map drawn in the 1500s is to blame ...

In June, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, speaking from the International Space Station, noted that India looked "much larger" from space than on standard maps. This very phenomenon, where tropical ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Space42 and Microsoft to support the Map Africa Initiative. The ...

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...