#equalearthmap — Public Fediverse posts
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« The #EqualEarthMap is for schools, organizations, or anyone who needs a map showing countries and continents at their true sizes relative to each other. Africa appears 14 times larger than Greenland as it actually is. » 🗺️
#geography #cartography #geopolitics #map #education #science
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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
