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The Guardian view on Africa and maps: drawn true, its scale and promise can’t be ignored | Editorial
Editorial: The push for fairer cartography rejects colonial shrinkage of a huge continent by the Mercator projection. This is not pedantry. It’s politics
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nytimes.com
African Union Endorses Call to Abandoned the Mercator Map
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.
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elpais.com
“Los mapas no son dibujos inocentes”: África exige un cambio en la cartografía que muestre el tamaño real del continente
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
