Look at any map pinned to a classroom wall, and you’ll notice that Greenland seems particularly large. It’s true that the landmass isn’t exactly small, but its true size is nowhere near that of the ...

Africa is on a fierce campaign that, if successful, will see the Mercator map replaced with the Equal Earth map on web-based platforms, mobile apps, desktop software, and embedded systems for our home ...

SINGAPORE - Singapore-based Stellar Mercator Pte Ltd has acquired a 9.09% stake in Amigo Holdings PLC, according to a regulatory filing submitted to the London Stock Exchange on Thursday. The ...

Commercial real estate activity is picking up nationwide. Few states, however, are doing it bigger or better than Texas. Texas spends $90B annually on commercial projects, more than double that of any ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

The “Correct the Map” petition wants to abandon the Mercator map of the world. The AU has now thrown its weight behind the campaign. It says it wants to abandon the Mercator map’s “misinformation and ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...

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

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their true proportions, ...