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Google Maps currently shows it on the Spanish side of the border for me (despite that fact that it's France's "turn" for a few more days). I suspect this sort o
by JshWright 9y ago
Google Maps currently shows it on the Spanish side of the border for me (despite that fact that it's France's "turn" for a few more days). I suspect this sort of detail isn't worth bothering with, but it is interesting...
- cbcoutinho 9y agoThis is a pretty tame example, but Google is definitely active in delivering maps based on the viewers location in some more tumultuous parts of the world, for example the disputed borders of China/India/Pakistan in the kashmir region. https://www.google.nl/amp/s/www.gislounge.com/the-politics-of-googles-mapping/amp/ https://www.google.nl/amp/s/www.gislounge.com/the-politics-o...
- majewsky 9y agoLink without AMP crap: https://www.gislounge.com/the-politics-of-googles-mapping/ https://www.gislounge.com/the-politics-of-googles-mapping/
- fooker 9y agoScreenshot 'without AMP crap' : https://imgur.com/a/6i7ae https://imgur.com/a/6i7ae Screenshot with AMP : https://imgur.com/a/3IsGe https://imgur.com/a/3IsGe I hope you understand why people might prefer AMP.
- majewsky 9y agoThat's actually why I prefer adblockers.
- fooker 9y agoThat is just digging your head in the sand. If everyone starts using adblockers, ads will no longer be blockable (say, just a dumb image). Accept it or not, ad revenue is how the internet runs at today's scale.
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