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Pls someone make this reality (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by Varven@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ziggurat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think outdated maps is as important as other things. Because two reasons. Maps are expensive to replace, and maps are politics. So no matter how you print the map, someone will think it's wrong.

Now if they thought you this knowledge about the maps, that would be really cool.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

The interesting thing is that these days the maps people most use are digital ones. They can be updated instantly for everyone who uses them. But, even in that world you have problems.

In many countries it's a legal requirement that the maps reflect the country's definition of its borders. That means that in some cases Google Maps has 3 versions of a map, the one shown to users in country X (say India), the one shown to users in country Y (say China) and the one shown to users in the rest of the world, where the border is marked as disputed.