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Google puts South Sudan on maps | |
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Google has updated its maps to include the newly independent nation of South Sudan. | |
The move follows a campaign by a South Sudanese journalist, who posted an online petition calling for the new nation to be marked on web maps. | |
He said his country was still missing from websites including Microsoft, Yahoo! and National Geographic. | |
The country became independent in July following decades of conflict in which some two million people died. | |
Journalist John Tanza Mabusu, who is South Sudanese but lives in Washington, href="http://www.change.org/#search/sudan" >launched a petition on the website Change.org. | |
The petition, which got 1,600 backers, called on mapping services to include the new nation. | |
"The inclusion of South Sudan will give the people of that new nation pride and a sense of belonging, as citizens of a sovereign nation on the map," said Mabusu. | "The inclusion of South Sudan will give the people of that new nation pride and a sense of belonging, as citizens of a sovereign nation on the map," said Mabusu. |
"I'm hoping that now that Google has officially recognised South Sudan on their maps, the other major online mapping services will quickly follow suit." | "I'm hoping that now that Google has officially recognised South Sudan on their maps, the other major online mapping services will quickly follow suit." |
National Geographic said its print maps and mobile apps had been updated, but its online mapping service was outsourced to the Bing maps website, which uses Microsoft maps. | |
href="http://www.bing.com/maps/#JnE9LnN1ZGFuJTdlc3N0LjAlN2VwZy4xJmJiPTU5LjM2Njc5NDE4ODIwNTclN2U4LjYyNDI2Nzk1MzEyNDk5JTdlNDguODc5MTY3NTA5OTI3JTdlLTE5LjY5ODQ4NTk1MzEyNQ==" >Bing's map of Sudan does not yet have the Sudanese border marked, although its information on the South's capital city of Juba clearly indicates it is part of South Sudan. | |
It was unclear whether Google's amendment to the Sudan map came as a result of the online campaign. |