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Togo has launched a campaign to adopt a world map that better represents the true size of Africa. Now Togo will ask UN member states to commit to ditching European centred maps in favour of more ... FOX 10 Phoenix: Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed 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 ... Africa is much bigger than most maps show, and a new campaign wants that fixed India Today on MSN: What's wrong with Africa's map? Should it concern India too?

Africanews on MSN: Togo to ask UN members to adopt world maps that show true size of Africa Togo to ask UN members to adopt world maps that show true size of Africa The New York Times: Africa Is Big, and It Wants the World’s Maps to Show It Africa Is Big, and It Wants the World’s Maps to Show It Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said ... MSN: 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 ... World maps get Africa's size wrong: Cartographers explain why fixing it matters Los Angeles Times: 14 Greenlands fit inside Africa: Campaign gains global momentum for map accuracy DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ... 14 Greenlands fit inside Africa: Campaign gains global momentum for map accuracy