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Occupied and disputed territories on the topojson map

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First of all, thanks for creating this project!

I’ve noticed topojson maps display some disputed territories by on the ground rule, which will eventually violate some local laws and might trigger some people. For example:

I’m from Ukraine. Russia illegally annexed the Crimea peninsula in 2014. This act was not recognized by almost every country, but your map shows Crimea as a part of Russia:

Screenshot 2021-03-06 at 00 55 48

This looks offensive and displays support to the Russian war machine. Additionally, this map shows unrecognized Northem Cyprus.

Yes, I know you’re using vector maps by natural-earth-vector. I just want to let you know, that this map might be offensive. You should use admin_0 maps to avoid this.

You can find additional info about this issue here: https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+crimea

Issue Analytics

  • State:open
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Reactions:36
  • Comments:8

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torrconnectcommented, Sep 23, 2021

Please correct the map. Crimea is Ukraine.

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d3vilhcommented, Sep 20, 2021

Hi folks, Could you have a look on this please? It’s still relevant, very much.

Thanks a lot!

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