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1456 points pulisse | 4 comments | 07 Oct 19 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.84s | source
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tinus_hn ◴[07 Oct 19 16:46 UTC] No.21182965[source]▶
In other news, when you were able to visit Google Maps in China you would see the Chinese view of the world where disputed regions are part of China, while the rest of the world would see something else.

https://qz.com/224821/see-how-borders-change-on-google-maps-...

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paxys ◴[07 Oct 19 17:15 UTC] No.21183340[source]▶
This is true for every country in the world. Google Maps in the US displays borders/countries which the US government recognizes.
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thrwn_frthr_awy ◴[07 Oct 19 17:49 UTC] No.21183811[source]▶
China is the only country in the world that requires Google Maps servers to be ran on Chinese government data centers by non-Google employees.
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jrockway ◴[07 Oct 19 18:23 UTC] No.21184251[source]▶
Korea has similar regulations:

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/one-thing-north-k...

If you zoom in on South Korea you'll notice that the map tiles are raster-based instead of vector-based like the rest of the map. At certain zoom levels, South Korea looks like it has no roads or cities, compared to the much more industrious North. It's kind of hilarious.

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1. thrwn_frthr_awy ◴[07 Oct 19 18:32 UTC] No.21184342[source]▶
Korea is different. South Korea actually does require mapping servers to be ran on SK soil, but it does not put requirements on the data center owner or the workforce running the services.

I'm sorry if this comes off as nit-picky as it is not my intention, but comparing the mapping services requirements of China and SK are worlds apart. The intent of each policy is important to think about.

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2. hellocs1 ◴[07 Oct 19 21:16 UTC] No.21186036[source]▶
What is the intent of SK's policy?
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3. ichung ◴[07 Oct 19 22:12 UTC] No.21186531[source]▶
Based on the article that is linked above, its origin seems to come from laws preventing map/navigational data being exported due to national security (South Korea is technically still at war with North Korea, as the Korean War only ended with an armistice/cease-fire). The article then states how the non-Korean perspective may view this as South Korea utilizing these laws to push a protectionist policy, helping South Korean tech companies to compete with big tech.
4. philwelch ◴[08 Oct 19 00:06 UTC] No.21187345[source]▶
Does South Korea also use an obfuscated coordinate system?