Google Maps Showing State Part of Two country

by Hariharakumar on October 23, 2009

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While there is boundary dispute between India and China over Arunachal Pradesh(a north eastern state in India) Google seems to have decided to play safe by making appropriate changes in Google Maps.

For Chinese users, local version of Google Maps show Arunachal Pradesh as part of China. In India, users see Arunachal Pradesh as part of India. And users in other parts of the world see Arunachal Pradesh in dotted lines as a disputed region(see pictures below).

Google China Maps

Google India Maps

Google World Maps

Google has clarified that it is its “standard practice” to depict any country’s official position on Google’s localized domains for that country. Similar scenario is with Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan.

I believe Google maps played the safest way to come out of such controversy? What alternative method you would have taken in such scenario?

This is a guest post by Hariharakumar who write for TechKumar.com.

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{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Chethan October 23, 2009 at 07:43: Interesting Observation

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2 Jitendra Kumar October 23, 2009 at 14:49: Really a diplomatic solution from Google!

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3 taranfx October 23, 2009 at 15:13: Keep both sides happy – Divide and Rule

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4 IndianCashMaker October 23, 2009 at 18:03: interesting mistake from google….wonder what the red dragons have to say about it

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5 Veera October 23, 2009 at 18:46: might be a data integrity problem.

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6 Shabnam Sultan October 23, 2009 at 22:38: Interesting solution from Google .

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7 Narendra.s.v October 24, 2009 at 10:52: That’s really interesting but good news is google will show Arunachal Pradesh as a part(state) of India for a normal Google user.

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8 Surender Sharma October 24, 2009 at 12:51: Google want to catch the attention of the people to keep alive so the map is not accurate.

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9 Indian December 18, 2009 at 00:55: I think this issue should be rectified by Google, also our Prime Minister should ask google to recitify this error, as Arunchal Pradesh is a part of INDIA and not China.

And about handing over Arunachal Pradesh to China. Why should we ???
Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of china, and if it is handed over to China, then tomorrow all the countries will come and claim a part of India, claiming it to be a part of their country…!!!

Hope Arunachal Pradesh remains an Integral Part of our Motherland. And our Politicians & Prime Minister raise this issue to Google and ask Google to show Arunachal Pradesh as an Integral Part of India. It cannot be decided by Google that which part of India belongs to India, or China or it is a Disputed State.

Thanks & Regards

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10 sunny.s.telsang February 1, 2010 at 19:45: Arunachal Pradesh is in India.Google wants to catch the attention of people.People are confused by this please give the accurate map.

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