yeahhhhhhhhhboiii [none/use name] to Post Maine On Main • 4 years agoMaps are LITERALLY illegal in Chinaimagemessage-square20 fedilinkarrow-up170file-text
arrow-up167imageMaps are LITERALLY illegal in Chinayeahhhhhhhhhboiii [none/use name] to Post Maine On Main • 4 years agomessage-square20 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareyeahhhhhhhhhboiii [none/use name]hexagonhexbear5·4 years agoYou can't really use google maps in China though, believe I've tried. There are plenty of other very useful, chinese map apps though. link
minus-squarecracksmoke2020 [none/use name]hexbear3·4 years agoI just said google maps as an example because you can easily verify this using google earth and comparing it to the street map overlay as being wrong. The same would also be true on Chinese apps. It's far from an uncommon thing around the world to require map providers to obscure things. link
You can't really use google maps in China though, believe I've tried. There are plenty of other very useful, chinese map apps though.
I just said google maps as an example because you can easily verify this using google earth and comparing it to the street map overlay as being wrong.
The same would also be true on Chinese apps. It's far from an uncommon thing around the world to require map providers to obscure things.