"[Google's] methodology for affixing borders and naming key features is completely unregulated and deviates from traditional mapping doctrine," writes Ethan Merel in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law<http://jtl.columbia.edu/googles-world-the-impact-of-agnostic-cartographers-on-the-state-dominated-international-legal-system/>. "Google customizes its maps to adhere to each individual country's beliefs and laws, so that its maps do not show a single and objective reality, but rather affirm existing perspectives of the world." http://www.fastcoexist.com/3058283/why-google-maps-shows-you-different-borders-depending-on-where-you-are [http://a.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/imagecache/620x350/poster/2016/03/3058283-poster-p-1-google-maps-shows-you-different-borders-depending-on-where-you-are.jpg]<http://www.fastcoexist.com/3058283/why-google-maps-shows-you-different-borders-depending-on-where-you-are> Why Google Maps Shows You Different Borders, Depending On Where You Are<http://www.fastcoexist.com/3058283/why-google-maps-shows-you-different-borders-depending-on-where-you-are> www.fastcoexist.com Google has become the de facto arbiter of national border placement, and it's basically trying to not piss anyone off. sent by Angie
