The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...