Most of us grew up with the Mercator world map, but it distorts reality. On Mercator, Greenland looks the same size as Africa when Africa is actually 14 times larger. The Equal Earth projection, created in 2018, shows continents at their true size while keeping the map balanced and familiar. It fixes the problems of Mercator and Gall-Peters, and that’s why the African Union is now calling for it to replace distorted maps worldwide. Because, maps aren’t neutral. How we draw the world also shapes how we see it. #geography #maps #cartography #equalearth