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Subject:        FW: [Maphist] China and maps
Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:36:37 +0100
From:   Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Francis Herbert
Sent: 30 August 2006 5:06 PM
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Subject: FW: [Maphist] China and maps

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Sent: 30 August 2006 4:45 PM
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Subject: RE: [Maphist] China and maps

Very ironic when you realize that a huge amount of the detail work
necessary to create GIS systems all over the world is outsourced to
China.

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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:28:03 -0400
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Subject: [Maphist] China and maps


News item on aol.co.uk at present, China is concerned about non Chinese
making maps of its territory, threat to 'national security'. Ooops, I
just
looked at Beijing on Google Earth, here come the Chinese security
forces.

(Maybe not as bad as Iran, where in 1998 the tour guide took us to an
ancient fort next to a modern army base. We could look but most felt
uncomfortable taking photos of the ruins as we were being stared at by
quite a few soldiers from next door)

Hillary Shaw, Southampton