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21. Oct 2018 23:19 by <a href="mailto:yuriastrakhan@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">yuriastrakhan@gmail.com</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>I think a country relation should describe how the specific country think of its borders. So if two countries claim the same territory, those two relations will overlap.</div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>That is absurd and conflict with OSM rule to map what exists. <br /></p> <blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div><div>E.g. it would be illegal in some countries to generate political map not according to that country's government. </div></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>It is also against Chinese law to publish accurate maps of China. It is not a sufficient reason <br /></p><p>to forbid accurate mapping of China in OSM.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China</a><br /></p><p> </p><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div><div>So when I generate a map for Russia, I have to show Crimea as part of Russia. For Ukraine - as part of Ukraine. Same for China and India and ...</div></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>There are also other sources of data. For example to show proper terrain shape or to show</p><p>ratings of restaurants and for many others use cases OSM is not sufficient.<br /></p> </body>
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