{"id":366662,"date":"2025-08-15T20:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realites.com.tn\/fr\/?p=366662"},"modified":"2025-08-15T20:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:20:17","slug":"projection-mercator-lunion-africaine-denonce-une-distorsion-de-la-taille-reelle-du-continent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realites.com.tn\/fr\/projection-mercator-lunion-africaine-denonce-une-distorsion-de-la-taille-reelle-du-continent\/","title":{"rendered":"Projection Mercator : l&rsquo;Union Africaine d\u00e9nonce une distorsion de la taille r\u00e9elle du continent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>L\u2019Union africaine (UA) a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de remettre en question une repr\u00e9sentation du monde vieille de plusieurs si\u00e8cles. En soutenant la campagne\u00a0<em>Correct The Map<\/em>, port\u00e9e par les organisations\u00a0<em>Africa No Filter<\/em>\u00a0et\u00a0<em>Speak Up Africa<\/em>, elle appelle \u00e0 remplacer la projection de Mercator par le mod\u00e8le\u00a0<em>Equal Earth<\/em>, plus fid\u00e8le aux r\u00e9alit\u00e9s g\u00e9ographiques. Selon Selma Malika Haddadi, vice-pr\u00e9sidente de la Commission de l\u2019UA, cette initiative vise \u00e0 corriger une distorsion qui minimise syst\u00e9matiquement la taille de l\u2019Afrique, contribuant ainsi \u00e0 une perception erron\u00e9e de son importance sur la sc\u00e8ne mondiale.<\/p>\n<p>La projection de Mercator, cr\u00e9\u00e9e en 1569 par Gerardus Mercator pour faciliter la navigation maritime, conserve les formes des continents mais exag\u00e8re d\u00e9mesur\u00e9ment les surfaces proches des p\u00f4les. R\u00e9sultat : le Groenland, qui ne couvre que 2,16 millions de km\u00b2, semble presque aussi grand que l\u2019Afrique, dont la superficie r\u00e9elle atteint pourtant 30,37 millions de km\u00b2, soit quinze fois plus. Cette repr\u00e9sentation, encore largement utilis\u00e9e dans les manuels scolaires et les outils num\u00e9riques comme\u00a0<em>Google Maps<\/em>, entretient une vision biais\u00e9e du monde, o\u00f9 l\u2019Afrique para\u00eet moins imposante qu\u2019elle ne l\u2019est en r\u00e9alit\u00e9. Pourtant, avec ses 54 pays et plus d\u2019un milliard d\u2019habitants, le continent m\u00e9rite une place bien plus conforme \u00e0 son poids d\u00e9mographique et g\u00e9ographique.<\/p>\n<p>Pour rectifier cette injustice visuelle, la campagne\u00a0<em>Correct The Map<\/em>\u00a0promeut l\u2019adoption du mod\u00e8le\u00a0<em>Equal Earth<\/em>, mis au point en 2018. D\u00e9j\u00e0 utilis\u00e9 par la Banque mondiale pour certaines de ses cartes statiques, ce syst\u00e8me offre une alternative plus \u00e9quilibr\u00e9e, sans sacrifier la lisibilit\u00e9 des territoires. Cependant, le succ\u00e8s de cette initiative d\u00e9pendra de son int\u00e9gration dans les programmes \u00e9ducatifs africains et de son adoption par les institutions internationales. Si les d\u00e9fis restent importants, notamment en raison de la pr\u00e9dominance de Mercator dans les applications grand public, l\u2019UA esp\u00e8re que cette r\u00e9forme cartographique contribuera \u00e0 redonner \u00e0 l\u2019Afrique la place qui lui revient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u2019Union africaine (UA) a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de remettre en question une repr\u00e9sentation du monde vieille de plusieurs si\u00e8cles. En soutenant la campagne\u00a0Correct The Map, port\u00e9e par les organisations\u00a0Africa No Filter\u00a0et\u00a0Speak Up&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":344567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-366662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monde"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Projection Mercator : l&#039;Union Africaine d\u00e9nonce une distorsion de la taille r\u00e9elle du continent - R\u00e9alit\u00e9s Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"L\u2019Union africaine (UA) a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de remettre en question une repr\u00e9sentation du monde vieille de plusieurs si\u00e8cles. 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