Sizing up Africa: The AU vs the Gerardus Mercator map standard
Daily Maverick | 04.05.2026 02:27
There is an episode in The West Wing television series in which White House press spokesperson CJ Craig meets a delegation of cartographers, who explain that the standard world map — a Mercator projection — must be replaced. Instead, the US should adopt the Peters equal-area projection, despite the Mercator projection having been used for nearly 500 years.
