Editorial: The push for fairer cartography rejects colonial shrinkage of a huge continent by the Mercator projection. This is not pedantry. It’s politics

A campaign is underway to replaced the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of the continent and its size.

La Unión Africana impulsa el fin de la distorsión del planisferio Mercator, el clásico, y busca sustituirlo por proyecciones más acordes con las dimensiones reales