![]() ![]() Not only do the roads not line up, but here Google has the Shenzhen river splitting apart into two separate rivers, flowing side-by-side. The strangest effect of all comes when you view this area in the Chinese version of Google Maps. As shown in this next image, Google Maps shows several buildings in the middle of the water. Google Maps USA shows buildings in the middle of the Shenzhen riverĪnother strange effect appears if you zoom in closer on the river. In Hong Kong (below the river), OpenStreetMap and Google Maps match exactly. In China (above the river), the road networks do not line up. The same area with the OSM road network overlaid (right). The Hong Kong – China border via Google Maps USA (left). Both images are the same, except that on the right, I have overlaid the road network from OpenStreetMap. version of Google Maps, zoomed in on the Hong Kong – China border. And with plenty of infrastructure and geographical features on both sides, the mapping differences are extremely apparent. In no place is China’s peculiarity in Google Maps more apparent than at its border with Hong Kong.Ĭhina and Hong Kong are separated only by the narrow Shenzhen river. Weirdness at the Hong Kong – China border Next stop: the Hong Kong – China border But this next example makes it clear Google Maps is doing something strange when it comes to China. In a sparsely populated region like Arunachal Pradesh, it may not be too surprising to find a few idiosyncrasies in Google Maps. It is visible below the border, but after the road crosses into China, it disappears. ![]() Indeed, the river is completely omitted from the Chinese map at any zoom level.Īnd for that matter, so is the road in the upper left corner of the image. A missing river and a missing road near the China-India border at Arunachal Pradesh The dotted line is the border between China (above the line) and India (below the line). The borders of Arunachal Pradesh look different in Google Maps China, Google Maps India, and Google Maps USA.įar from being an isolated curiosity, the changing borders of Arunachal Pradesh are just one of many odd features present in Google’s mapping of China.įor example, In the map above, you might also notice that the river shown in the India and USA images is strangely absent from the Chinese map.īelow are the Chinese and U.S. The images below show Arunachal Pradesh (or South Tibet, as it’s known in China) as it appears in Google Maps China, Google Maps India, and Google Maps USA. What makes this dispute “peculiar” is not the dispute itself, but rather how the borders shown in Google Maps change depending on who’s looking at them. And among them I listed Arunachal Pradesh, a territory claimed by both China and India. Disputed territory Arunachal Pradesh (yellow)Ī few weeks ago, I wrote about some of the world’s most peculiar territorial disputes. ![]()
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