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Map errors

Hi. Just wanted to let you know of a few minor errors I found with the map...

1) The US now has diplomatic relations, including an embassy, in Kosovo.

2) The US does not have diplomatic relations with Guinea-Bissau. There is currently no ambassador or diplomatic staff assigned from either country.

3) Northern Cyprus is in dispute, so the island shouldn't be all green.

Thanks! epicAdam (talk) 06:43, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also Taiwan should be in yellow as it not a internationally (or UN) recognised countrie so is disputed.

Thanks for your comments. As for Kosovo, I added after the US started diplomatic relations. It's back now, but it appears that a user with a Serbian POV took it off. As for Guinea-Bissau, I feel it's in the league as Somalia, relations exist, but the US embassy in a third country carries out those relations. When it comes to Somaliland, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, TRNC, and Taiwan, I coded the map to show that the US considers these areas a part of Somalia, Georgia, Cyprus, and the PRC. The areas the US considers disputed are the Occupied Territories and Western Sahara. (In retrospect, however I do think a good case could be made about coloring these areas as disputed.) Hope this helps. - Thanks, Hoshie 02:35, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]