AU joins call to end use of Mercator map in favor of accurate projection
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size https://t.co/4Wmsdrlh1g pic.twitter.com/bwJi8SOtNu
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