>> Do you know a country which has a fluctuating representation of its
>> borders say in schoolbooks?
>
> In my lifetime, lots - countries (and I don't mean where boundaries
> changed, but the external recogition of them did). For example, the US
> only recognised the People's Republic of China in the 1970s. I suspect
> <...>
Representation of ITS borders. So China's understanding of China's
borders, Taiwan's understanding of Taiwan's borders, Ukraine's
understanding of Ukraine's borders etc. And at one time - TODAY.
>> Doesn't every country have ONE OFFICIAL
>> claimed border?
>
> No, for a few reasons. One is that countries might be in the process of
> accepting something like UNCLOS arbitration (so there isn't a settled
> border to claim yet), or they may have multiple claims some more rooted
> in reality than others. For example how much of Karelia east of the
> current border would you consider part of Finland, if any?
We could be understanding "territorial claims" differently. Haven't
heard that Finland would claim that their borders are different from
what they have today. Yes, part of territory was occupied and annexed
after Russia invaded Finland in the beginning of the WWII but never
heard that OFFICIAL position would be "this is our territory down
there over the border".
Wikipedia states: "Both Russia and Finland have repeatedly stated
that no open territorial dispute exists between the two countries."
> Which often aren't suitably licensed for use in OSM, or are quite vague
> ("that area over there really belongs to us").
But how is this different from borders as entered today, that is
without overlap?
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