Jerusalem – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 16:02:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Jerusalem – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 A Czech Atlas Publisher Is Caught Between Israel and Palestine https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/09/a-czech-atlas-publisher-is-caught-between-israel-and-palestine/ Sun, 18 Sep 2016 22:19:07 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=2885 More]]> A Czech publisher has managed to get itself entangled in the dispute over how to map Israel and Palestine, with a school atlas that showed Jerusalem as the capital of Israel (which Palestinians dispute). The Palestinian ambassador protested; the Czech education ministry relented—which enraged the Israelis, until the Czech education ministry reversed itself again. This is one of those situations where a neutral map is impossible: each option pisses off the other side. As Google found out about Crimea, it isn’t always enough to show the “right” map to the right people.

Previously: Russia Accuses Google Maps of ‘Topographical Cretinism’ Over Crimea; Google, Palestine, and the Unbiased Map; Empty Maps and Virgin Territory.

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