China to Regulate Internet Map Publishing

hackingbear writes "After text, pictures, and videos, China starts regulating Internet map publishing (here is the google translation.) The government believes that Internet maps can represent the state's sovereignty and its political and diplomatic positions in the international community — and consequently, inaccurate maps could harm national interests and dignity, produce bad political influences, reveal national secrets and harm national security, in addition to harming consumer interests. So from now on, publishing maps would require approval and (yet another) license from the state survey bureau. That means Google, Yahoo, etc., need to remove China from the map; or maybe they just pay up some officials and their agents to acquire yet another license. And our newest 80Gbps DPI monsters need to be upgraded to identify maps together with porn."

...national secrete...

[Anonymous Coward]

priceless!

Re:Can they do this?

[morgan_greywolf]

As Google maps are satellite based, how inaccurate can they be?

That depends on whose satellite they got the data from. ;)

How in the hell

[esocid]

Now how am I supposed to get from my house to Shanghai? I need those directions dammit.

Re:Can they do this?

[Alzheimers]

considering the Dick Cheney had his house

I think you either left out a word or a comma.

Keep forbidding content, please

[Thanshin]

It will push the artificial intelligence field of image recognition to unthinkable heights.

Blind people around the world should praise China for their invaluable help.

If they can find China in any way of map representation it should surely be easy to discern among different types of porn.

From a purely algorithmical point of view, of course.

Re:...national secrete...

[Gerald]

My first thought wasn't priceless. It was "eeewwwww!" I have no idea what an entire nation might secrete, and I don't want to know.

There is no border between China and Tibet.

[wiredog]

Tibet has always been part of China. Just as Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

Re:A better article

[Lemmy Caution]

Your summary, which explains how this is a dispute about the use of data which was provided by a Chinese source, is much too focused and accurate, and prevents people from the ceremonial outrage which constitute their 2 minute hate against China. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Let me explain to you how this works

[Anonymous Coward]

You see, the corporations finance them, and then they goes out... and the corporations sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporation-y... and they make money.

Here, thar be dragons!

[KillerBob]

Ahh... but if we remove China from the map, we can actually have an excuse to put "Here, thar be dragons" on the map!

Re:Maps have propaganda value

[e_hu_man]

and judging by the population in the southwest, it appears mexico is winning.