In the wake of Google’s recent run-in with the China State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, that same organization has now established a telephone hotline where citizens can report illegal mapping services.
I can picture it now:
“Hello! Yes, I just saw an illegal map on the internet!”
“Ok, just calm down Sir. Was this map by any chance referring to Taiwan as a country?”
“No, but the Indian border looked a little too far to the right.”
“Ok, stay where you are Sir, we’re sending a team right away!”
At least that’s how I figure it should have went. But according to China Daily, an anonymous source within the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping says that no one has called the hotline to date, nor have they emailed.
I confess I’m a little disappointed.
The same official says that the organization still hasn’t received any mapping license application from Google, which would be required for Google Maps to operate in the country after July 1.
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