Border conflict are still going onin a bunch of places around the world . That do life history unmanageable for mapmakers , and specially difficult for the world ’s favored online single-valued function religious service , Google Maps . As The Washington Post designate out , Google strives to not get stuck in the eye of a territorial battle , by showing you the edge you most likely need to see base on where you ’re google from .
Shown above , two unlike views of Arunachal Pradesh , a district claimed by both China and India . AsThe Washington Post ’s Adam Taylor explain , Google Indiashows the border that work the territory part of India , while Chinese Googleshows the border claimed by China ’s government .
Google Maps does a similar diplomatic dance for other controversial regions , for instance look up to either the Persian Gulf orthe Arabian Gulfdepending on which nation ’s Google you ’re using .
So far , Google Maps still shows Crimea as part of Ukraine on bothUkrainianandRussiansearches . With stress over the region bestride , will Google Maps tiptoe along the line of disinterest and show Russia ’s supporters what they desire to see ? I guess we ’ll just have to keep Googling to incur out . [ The Washington Post ]
GIF byNicholas Stango
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