How big is Africa really?

The Gall–Peters projection preserves area and challenges long-standing distortions from the Mercator projection.

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Of course, we cartographers will never stop sharing this clip from the West Wing on occasions such as these:

"Why are we changing maps?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLqC3FNNOaI

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