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Hartford Courant: Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — 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 ... Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger 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 ...

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 CNN: African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent’s true size The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ... Business Wire: Esri, Microsoft, and Space42 Join to Launch “Map Africa Initiative” 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 ...