It seems to be a good idea to show the disputed boundaries in a
different style. For example, if a captain of a see ship visits a port
in Crimea and then one in Ukraine, as far as I know, he may have legal
problems and the ship could be delayed in Ukraine. A captain from say
the Southeast Asia could be not aware of local politics. For instance,
who from us in Europe knows if there is a dispute between Bolivia and
Paraguay? But at least he may see on the map that this boundary is
disputed and be somehow forewarned.
On the MapQuest map one can see clearly the ground de facto border
between Ukraine and Crimea, so a driver can slow down before the
checkpoint, avoiding the risk of hitting the concrete blocks in darkness
at high speed, if the de facto border were not shown at all. But the
border has got somewhat different style.
The situation with Crimea is not settled on the ground either. The
immense North Crimean Canal [1] is closed and does not supply water to
the peninsula. What causes heavy loses both to the agriculture at the
Crimea and to the companies in Ukraine which maintain the canal. A lot
of people suffer due to this situation. Displaying the border as
disputed, i.e in a distinctive style, could be an additional stimulus to
the participants of the conflict to attempt to find a permanent peaceful
solution.
Though I do realize that it could be time consuming for volunteers to
rewrite programs and redesign databases for particular cases.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Crimean_Canal
Best regards,
Oleksiy
On 24.11.18 16:09, Andy Townsend wrote:
...As another example have a look at https://www.mapquest.com/ and
browse to Western Sahara - there are at least 3 different styles of
boundaries shown there that represent de facto and de jure country
boundaries. Those are technical decisions made by the people making
those maps (in this case Mapbox, based on OSM data).
...
it is widely internationally recognised that Russia now controls Crimea.
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