Google Maps Displays Kashmir As Disputed Land Outside India
India, Feb. 17 -- Who decides what maps look like? Well, in a world full of smartphones, it's most certainly Google. Trying to stay in everybody's good books, Google Maps has been redrawing the countries' boundaries depending on the location of the users. For instance, users accessing Google Maps in India can see the politically approved map of the country with Jammu & Kashmir entirely within Indian territory, but in other countries, the app depicts a different version, showing Kashmir's boundaries as part of "disputed land".
As per a report in the Washington Post, Google Maps displays Kashmir as a full state within the Indian territory, but it uses dotted lines to mark Kashmir as an acknowledgment of the territorial dispute that has bee...
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