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Is Google cheating?

               I found this piece of interesting fact, accidently while browsing the internet. Google shows different maps for India, China and USA. Confused hun! Well don’t be…Just read on…

In Indian version of Google Maps, you can see Arunachal Pradesh and eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir as integral part of India.
In US version of Google Maps, you can see Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir as a disputed region.
In the Chinese version of the Google Maps, you can see Arunachal Pradesh and JnK as not a part of India.

                Many people complained this issue to Google. A Google employee responded :

“We do show different versions of this border, because we required to by law. Indian law requires us to show it one way, and the Chinese law requires us to show it another way. If we can legally do so, we strive to present borders in a neutral and objective manner, which is why the US version avoids taking either side and simply labels the border as disputed.”

                So, Google is not cheating! It is waiting for a final and permanent decision.
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  1. AnonymousMay 10, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    what a nice and middle way closing comment for this action....google is cheating and they dont respect anybody or any territory or to any national pride..

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  2. AnonymousMay 11, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    Google has reached a stage of monopoly (In general, fall will start from this stage normally, if one tries to continue to be monopoly). Its definitely a great remarkable national territory boundary cheating.

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  3. Shreerang PatwardhanMay 12, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Reply to Anonymous 1
    Google is not cheating at all. It is doing the right thing by doing what is legally correct and permissible...

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  4. Shreerang PatwardhanMay 12, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    Reply to Anonymous 2
    What would you do if you were Google? Wouldn't you do the same by maintaining the legal pacts with each country. Running such a big organization like Google is not easy...

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  5. Shreerang PatwardhanMay 19, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    Google is just doing what is right and according to law...

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