[OSM-talk] Google deletes map of Kurdistan - can we do better?

[Max]

I think it's a false equivalence to ask for Kurdistan in OSM when in the 
case of Google it was a users shared outline. The equivalent would be a 
uMap.  Here, I made one:

https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/de/map/kurdistan_281832

(I uploaded the .kml of the google user map)

I doubt this will enrage Turkish officials as much as a google branded 
one, but who knows, maybe they will protest with the french abassador, 
after all it is a .fr domain. /s

m.


On 10.01.19 22:36, Andreas Vilén wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> The Turkish government has forced Google to delete a user made map of 
> Kurdistan. I read this in a Swedish news article here: 
> https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/google-raderade-kurdistan-karta/ This 
> is the best English source I can find: 
> https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/google-forced-to-delete-custom-made-map-of-kurdistan-amid-pressure-from-turkey/
> 
> They were forced to delete it for Turkish citizens but chose to delete 
> it completely anyway ("technical reasons"), but have since restored it 
> for the rest of the world: 
> https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ie=UTF8&t=h&oe=UTF8&msa=0&mid=1umTU2XPOmzQ245YY40dF_NNTpVc&ll=36.21402763739052%2C39.249140445657076&z=9
> 
> This got me thinking: how does OSM display Kurdistan? It seems, we 
> don't. This relation covers the Iranian province of Kurdistan: 
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5392650 However there doesn't 
> seem to be any map that covers the entire area.
> 
> I realize that it might be hard to map this since the region has no 
> official border, right? I have no local knowledge at all, so I'm really 
> just rising the topic for discussion. Also, there's no way to know if 
> the Turkish government will crack down on OSMF if we do this.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
> Regards Andreas
> 
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