Comment: See how borders change on Google Maps depending on where you are | SBS News
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It’s hard to draw a map without making someone angry. There are 32 countries that Google Maps won’t draw borders around. While the so-called geo-highlighting feature—which Google uses to show a searched area’s borders—is unaffected by the locale of the person looking at them, the borders drawn on Google’s base map will look different depending on where in the world you are.
For example, look at the borders of Arunachal Pradesh—an area administered by India but claimed as a section of Tibet by China (which also claims Tibet). The region is shown as part of India when viewed in India; as part of China when viewed in China; and as distinct from both countries when viewed in the US.
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China’s Cartography won’t Change Ground Reality: MEA - The New Indian Express
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NEW DELHI: Even as Vice-President Hamid Ansari took part in the 60th anniversary celebrations of Panchsheel in Beijing, India lashed out at a new Chinese map which shows disputed regions, including Arunachal Pradesh as the Communist nation’s sovereign territory.
“The cartographic depictions do not change the reality on the ground,” said Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin. “The fact that Arunachal is an integral and inalienable part of India has been conveyed to Chinese authority at several occasions, including at the very highest level,” he added.
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