Guess Apple is not the only one afflicted with these types of glitches. I wonder if someone at Bing/Microsoft was thinking to somehow avoid the name controversy over over Dok do/Takeshima or East Sea/Sea of Japan and inadvertently just left both countries' data off the system? Was the reason for leaving Israel off due to someone's idea that it would appeal to the broader Middle Eastern market if Israel was not on the map. Is this more political correctness attempts run amok and backfiring? They should remember Lincoln and what he said about trying to please everyone.
V/R
Dave
Bing Maps says Israel, Japan and South Korea don't exist
Posted: 25 Nov 2012, 00:24, by Alan F.
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Where has Tokyo gone on Bing Maps? (R)
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Move over Apple Maps, Bing Maps on Windows Phone 8 has lost three countries out of the 110 it covers. This happened despite the use of data from Nokia's Navteq that has been integrated into the Windows Phone 8 application. According to Bing Maps, there is noIsrael, Japan or South Korea. That is despite good maps for Israel and Japan being available on the desktop version of Bing Maps. And Japan was looking pretty good on the previous version of Bing Maps for Windows Phone.
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