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Google Maps also does this when the border is under contention. Selecting a country with a contested border like Ukraine or Russia will only highlight the count

Google Maps also does this when the border is under contention. Selecting a country with a contested border like Ukraine or Russia will only highlight the country name, but selecting a country with uncontested borders like Poland or Germany will draw a red outline around the country.

marcosdumay 4y ago
Mapmakers have been doing this one for centuries. Contested borders often do not appear.
colejohnson66 4y ago
I heard Google also alters the drawn borders based on your IP (if you're in one with a contested border)
- shagie 4y ago
  Yes they do - some examples: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/14/google-maps-political-borders/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/14/google-... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2016/aug/10/google-maps-disputed-territories-palestineishere https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2016/aug/10... https://www.wesa.fm/national-international-news/2014-04-12/with-crimean-borders-in-dispute-google-maps-has-it-both-ways https://www.wesa.fm/national-international-news/2014-04-12/w...
Someone 4y ago
Nitpick: technically, the border between Germany and the Netherlands is semi-contested. The countries agreed to disagree about its exact location. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany–Netherlands_border#Disputes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany–Netherlands_border#D...: “The maritime border is disputed in a part of the Ems estuary outside the Dollart bay, where Germany has the view that the state border runs on the left bank of the Ems, while the Netherlands regards the Thalweg as its border. […] In 2014 the two nations' foreign ministers met to put an end to the dispute. It was decided that the border should remain ambiguous and responsibility for the region in question shared” More info (in German) at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsch-Niederländische_Grenzfrage https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsch-Niederländische_Grenzf....

marcosdumay 4y ago

Mapmakers have been doing this one for centuries. Contested borders often do not appear.

colejohnson66 4y ago

I heard Google also alters the drawn borders based on your IP (if you're in one with a contested border)

shagie 4y ago
Yes they do - some examples: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/14/google-maps-political-borders/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/14/google-... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2016/aug/10/google-maps-disputed-territories-palestineishere https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2016/aug/10... https://www.wesa.fm/national-international-news/2014-04-12/with-crimean-borders-in-dispute-google-maps-has-it-both-ways https://www.wesa.fm/national-international-news/2014-04-12/w...

Someone 4y ago

Nitpick: technically, the border between Germany and the Netherlands is semi-contested. The countries agreed to disagree about its exact location. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany–Netherlands_border#Disputes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany–Netherlands_border#D...: “The maritime border is disputed in a part of the Ems estuary outside the Dollart bay, where Germany has the view that the state border runs on the left bank of the Ems, while the Netherlands regards the Thalweg as its border. […] In 2014 the two nations' foreign ministers met to put an end to the dispute. It was decided that the border should remain ambiguous and responsibility for the region in question shared” More info (in German) at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsch-Niederländische_Grenzfrage https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsch-Niederländische_Grenzf....