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/*]]>*/</style></div><div><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt;">Dear Team Openstreetmap,</span><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style=""><div style=""><p align="justify" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif"><br></span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif;">High Commission of India in London is in receipt of a</span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif;"> complaint regarding incorrect </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif;">depiction of the </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif;">map of India on your website </span><font color="#000080" face="bookman old style, serif"><u>https://www.openstreetmap.org/?miat=35.555&mlon=76.465&zoom=5#map=6/34.633/76.794</u></font><font face="bookman old style, serif">. </font><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif;">It has been observed that the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir are </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif;">depicted</span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif;">inaccurately</span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", serif;">.</span></p><p align="justify" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 200%;"><br></p><p align="justify" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif">2. It is underlined that any map of India published for use should contain accurate and reliable information, particularly with regard to the depiction of the external boundaries and coastline of India.</span></p><p align="justify" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 200%;"><br></p><p align="justify" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif">3. The authorized map of India can be downloaded free of cost from the Map & Data section of Survey of India website (<a href="http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/outline-maps-of-india" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/outline-maps-of-india</a>) and vector data of </span><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif">India’s </span><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif">International Boundary (IB) can be downloaded from, <a href="http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/downloads" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/downloads</a>.</span></p><p align="justify" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 200%;"><br></p><p align="justify" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif">4.</span><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif"><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></span><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif"><span style="font-size:medium">I </span></span><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif"><span style="font-size:medium">would</span></span><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif"><span style="font-size:medium"> request you to </span></span><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif"><span style="font-size:medium">publish the correct map of India on your website</span></span><span style="font-family:'bookman old style' , serif"><span style="font-size:medium">.</span></span></p><br></div><br><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><font face="Arial">Warm regards,</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">Shashi Bhushan</font></div><div><font face="Arial">Second Secretary (P&I)</font></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><font color="#4b0082" face="Arial"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">High Commission of India </span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><font color="#4b0082" face="Arial"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">London</span></font></span></div><br><div><span style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )"><font color="#4b0082" face="Arial"><b><br></b></font></span></div><br><div><span style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )"></span></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>