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"there are other regions in the world that define borders differently than the western world and we must present them maps based on how their governments portra
by jamesjguthrie 14y ago
"there are other regions in the world that define borders differently than the western world and we must present them maps based on how their governments portray the world."
I've never heard of this to be honest. How can we in the west tell a country "This is what your border is" and have it be something different to what they claim is their land?
- jamesjguthrie 14y ago"According to one committee, if we release these maps that use detailed country borders, we could get sued for millions of dollars and people could potentially be thrown in jail." And if this were true, every single developer here who uses Google Maps in their app and releases that app worldwide, will be subject to prosecution. It sounds like bull to me!
- dmm 14y agoGoogle detects where a person is connecting from and shows different maps to people connecting from different areas. A prominent example is viewing borders in India and Tibet. If you have a Chinese ip you will see a different border than if you use an Indian ip.
- jamesjguthrie 14y agoAh, I didn't realise this.
- lazugod 14y agoLike this: http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/05/indian_pakistani_and_chinese_border_disputes http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/05/indian_pak...