[OSM-talk] Fwd: DWG policy on Crimea

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 23.10.2018 11:06, Christoph Hormann wrote:
> I think that would not be verifiable.  Different political fractions 
> often even have different opinions on the extent of their country.  OSM 
> is not a place to record a spectrum of opinions 

Agreed. I would be tempted to say, however, that if a country requires a
certain boundary depiction by law, like e.g. India and China do, then
that's the same level of verifiability like that country's internal
boundaries for which we also rely on what the "official" take is. At
least the current laws regarding the Indian border are much more than
"an opinion of a political faction".

Having said that - Portugal still officially claims Olivença but it
seems to be more a folkloristic thing than an actual dispute, and the
average Portuguese would probably be astonished if a map were to
actually depict Olivença as part of Portgual. This means we'd have to
start which claims are serious and which are just for old times' sake ;)

Bye
Frederik

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