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 ...

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its ...

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a "Correct the Map" campaign, calling for an end to the use of the standard ...

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days.

A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...

The African Union says the Mercator projection distorts Africa’s size and identity—and it’s pushing a new map to set the record straight.

If the world were mapped according to how many scientific research papers each country produced, it would take on a rather bizarre, uneven appearance.

A map of the world can teach kids about so many things — not just different countries in the world, but also where they live in comparison to other countries, features of different countries … ...

Facebook intern Paul Butler samples profile data from 10 million people to create a world map that shows how the modern world is digitally connected.

Read an excerpt from A History Of The World In Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton.