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The Weather Network on MSN: Are your maps accurate? How these tools can struggle to capture our world Are your maps accurate? How these tools can struggle to capture our world MSN: The most famous map of the world is inaccurate. Africa’s not having it anymore 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 most famous map of the world is inaccurate. Africa’s not having it anymore
"On classroom walls from Lagos to London", the standard map of the world depicts an "inflated Britain at the centre" and a dramatically "shrunken Africa", said The Times. But this could soon change. The Washington Post: Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map
Size of Countries Compared: Beyond the Mercator Projection
