A little over a week ago we reported that Apple’s Maps had seemingly outed a secret Taiwan military base which we assume did not sit well with the Taiwanese government. Now it seems that according to reports, China has stepped up the policing of “illegal maps” which has been defined (via Xinhua Tuesday) as unauthorized maps that mistakes how the country’s borders are drawn, missing geographical features, and maps that reveal confidential information (or locations, if you’d rather). We’re not sure if this is in light of the recent incident with Apple Maps or if it is merely a coincidence, but it will be interesting to see how China goes about policing these “illegal maps”. (more…)
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Google’s Eric Schmidt believes that Apple should have kept Google Maps, Survey finds that 74% of respondents have no problems with Apple’s Maps app,
Post a Comment