more on Google Maps calls Tiawan a province of China

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Mike Gorski <mike () namedpipe net>
Date: October 4, 2005 1:25:27 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Ip Ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Google Maps calls Tiawan a province of China


Whoa, wait a minute - this is not as bad as it sounds. They are  
probably adhering to ISO 3166 shown here: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/ 
prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html

Also,ISO specifically addresses this question here http://www.iso.org/ 
iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/10faq/frequently-asked- 
questions.html#QS03 which states:

"03:  Why is Taiwan named Taiwan Province of China in ISO 3166-1?
A: The names in ISO 3166-1 - and thus on our Webpage - are taken from  
United Nations sources. These sources are authoritative inputs to the  
international country code standard. They are:

    * The United Nations Bulletin Country Names and the
    * Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use of the United  
Nations Statistics Division

Since Taiwan is not a UN member it does not figure in the UN bulletin  
on country names. The printed edition of the publication Country and  
region codes for statistical use gives the name we use in ISO 3166-1.  
By adhering to UN sources the ISO 3166/MA stays politically neutral."


-Mike

P.S. Oddly, this same question was posed to the editors of "2600" in  
the Summer 2005 issue.

David Farber wrote the following on 10/4/05 11:49 AM:

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> Dave, please cut out my email/name if you forward this to your  
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> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=taiwan&hl=en
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