#cartographicperspectives — Public Fediverse posts
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The #AfricanUnion has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century #Mercator #map of the #world in favour of one that more accurately displays #Africa's size.
#maps #carthography #postcolonialism #worldview #EqualEarthMap #EqualEarth #cartographicperspectives #continents
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Cartographic Perspectives (Cartography 🗺️)
The North American Cartographic Information Society is a US-based cartographic society founded in 1980. It was founded by specialists in cartography, which included government mapmakers, map librarians, cartography professors and cartography lab directors. It now represents a broad mixture of academic, government and commercial interests, w...