GIGS welcomes UN adoption of Equal Earth map as correction to ‘450 years of cartographic injustice’ against Africa

The Ghana Institute of Governance and Security (GIGS) has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of a resolution endorsing the Equal Earth map projection as a fairer alternative to the centuries-old Mercator projection. GIGS described the resolution as a landmark step towards correcting what it considers more than 450 years of cartographic distortion and […]