While this sounds bad, this is quite normal and expected by any multi-national corporation using a map service. Companies don’t get to choose the favored bounda

While this sounds bad, this is quite normal and expected by any multi-national corporation using a map service. Companies don’t get to choose the favored boundaries when doing business in Russia or China, given having the wrong lines can result in legal issues or even expulsion from the market. Is this good for a freer world? Perhaps not. Is this better for everyone’s bottom lines? Most definitely. Source: I run a map company. (For now, we default to the boundaries as defined in OSM and include the data regarding disputed boundaries, which can by styled our customers as they wish.) Addendum: Google is one of those multi-national companies. If they choose to only display the lines as the UN would draw them, they would not have a market in many countries.