The UN’s push for equal-area map projections aims to correct distortions in the apparent size of continents, but cartographic ...

The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to encourage alternatives to the centuries-old Mercator projection, which dramatically distorts the relative size of Africa.

The UN resolution is not a ban on the Mercator projection, nor does it force Google Maps, airlines or GPS services to replace ...

For the past few days, Africa has been celebrating its size. On September 4, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly backed the “Correct the Map” initiative, encouraging governments, ...

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The Ghana Institute of Governance and Security (GIGS) has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the ...

The UN has voted to retire the Mercator projection. South Africa's engineers, surveyors and cable planners abandoned it ...

Bermuda will provide the inspiration — and thanks to projection mapping technology the tabletop itself will be the canvas — ...

The UN General Assembly voted to replace distorted Mercator maps with accurate representations showing Africa's true size. Discover why maps are changing.

The adoption of this resolution demonstrates a firm consensus within the international community: objective and accurate representation must be the sole standard for mapmaking and map use. At a time ...

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has called for a fundamental ...

Decisions driven by the wrong motives inevitably create bigger problems. The United Nations General Assembly recently voted by an overwhelming margin to adopt a non-binding resolution promoting a new ...