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I love it, my only feedback was the I didn't really understand which I was supposed to pick when it showed me N. Korea. Because all I saw the Korean Peninsula,

I love it, my only feedback was the I didn't really understand which I was supposed to pick when it showed me N. Korea. Because all I saw the Korean Peninsula, and the north was dark green and the south was light green.

Tainnor 3y ago
It seems to be showing the recognised territories in dark green and contested areas in light green (e.g. for Russia, Crimea is also in light green, although interestingly not Eastern Ukraine, and IIRC the West of Guyana was shown in light green for Venezula). These things are always slightly arbitrary, e.g. why include Taiwan but not, say, Somaliland (both are unrecognised by most other states but de facto independent).
- andrewtbham 3y ago
  That is correct about the green colors work. Most of the maps are from wikipedia and that's how they do show contested areas in light green. I think I will change them though to another source because it is confusing.
  - myfonj 3y ago
    Yes, pictures are loaded directly either from Wikimedia: File: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Venezuela_Orthographic_Map.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Venezuel... Page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venezuela_Orthographic_Map.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venezuela_Orthographic_... …or from … CIA.gov "World Factbook" site (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/ https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/), e.g.: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/f7ce629bc057da92e3b31bf9673e0591/0b96f/LO-locator-map.jpg https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/f7ce629bc057da...
  - ta1243 3y ago
    At the very least include a legend so we know they mean
_lvbh 3y ago
That confused me as well
MrResearcher 3y ago
Yep, when North Korea is selected, both North Korea and South Korea are highlighted and it's not clear which country is requested. Same goes for South Korea.

Tainnor 3y ago

It seems to be showing the recognised territories in dark green and contested areas in light green (e.g. for Russia, Crimea is also in light green, although interestingly not Eastern Ukraine, and IIRC the West of Guyana was shown in light green for Venezula). These things are always slightly arbitrary, e.g. why include Taiwan but not, say, Somaliland (both are unrecognised by most other states but de facto independent).

andrewtbham 3y ago
That is correct about the green colors work. Most of the maps are from wikipedia and that's how they do show contested areas in light green. I think I will change them though to another source because it is confusing.
- myfonj 3y ago
  Yes, pictures are loaded directly either from Wikimedia: File: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Venezuela_Orthographic_Map.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Venezuel... Page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venezuela_Orthographic_Map.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venezuela_Orthographic_... …or from … CIA.gov "World Factbook" site (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/ https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/), e.g.: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/f7ce629bc057da92e3b31bf9673e0591/0b96f/LO-locator-map.jpg https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/f7ce629bc057da...
- ta1243 3y ago
  At the very least include a legend so we know they mean

_lvbh 3y ago

That confused me as well

MrResearcher 3y ago

Yep, when North Korea is selected, both North Korea and South Korea are highlighted and it's not clear which country is requested. Same goes for South Korea.