💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AfricanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanUnion</span></a> Joins Calls To End Use Of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Mercator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mercator</span></a> Map That Shrinks Continent’s Size<br>--<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/15/african-union-true-size-world-map-replace-mercator-version" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/aug</span><span class="invisible">/15/african-union-true-size-world-map-replace-mercator-version</span></a> <-- shared media article<br>--<br>[just a reminder that the Mercator projection was developed in 1569 for use in marine navigation, so as to utilise “rhumb line[s],… a path on the Earth's surface that crosses all meridians of longitude at the same constant angle, allowing for a steady compass bearing to be followed.” (this is most specifically NOT pedantry!)<br>Glad that the suggested projection to make – rightly – the size of Africa be accurately represented is Equal Earth (<a href="https://equal-earth.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">equal-earth.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, 4th figure) - rather than the (1) gross shapes distortion and (2) (erroneous) ‘socially concerned groups’ baggage that has been attached to the Gall-Peters projection]<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/size" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>size</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/truesize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truesize</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/accurate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accurate</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>representation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/stereotypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stereotypes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CorrectTheMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorrectTheMap</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/equalearth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equalearth</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/projection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>projection</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/shape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shape</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapprojection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapprojection</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/continent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>continent</span></a> <br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AfricaNoFilter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfricaNoFilter</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SpeakUpAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeakUpAfrica</span></a></p>