Comment by otterley

15 years ago

This map only covers Guangzhou, actually. But I look forward to full coverage of China in a few hundred years!

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Ahmes  15 years ago

You'll probably be waiting longer than that. One of the reasons China opted for the hand drawn approach is it lets them control what is and (more importantly) isn't shown.

  • teaspoon  15 years ago

    I enjoy a good sinophobic innuendo as much as the next guy, but how is it any easier to omit something from a hand-drawn map than to blur it out in a satellite photo?

    http://www.itsecurity.com/features/51-things-not-on-google-m...

    • roel_v  15 years ago

      I have no opinion on what is true in this context, but completely in the abstract: when drawing things it's possible to put in fake data (residential area or forest where a military facility or nuclear reactor is located) without it being possible to be detected. The blurring at least shows that something is there.

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  • foljs  15 years ago

    And the Chinese government does not want the rest of China to be shown, because?

    You understand that those areas (and most of China) is already covered by Google Maps satellite view, right? Right?