Blanked-out spots on China's maps helped us uncover Xinjiang's camps
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Re: Blanked-out spots on China's maps helped us uncover Xinjiang's camps
#2You'd think going forward they'll fill in these blank voids with land that works with the surrounding landscape in order to mask these gaps.
Re: Blanked-out spots on China's maps helped us uncover Xinjiang's camps
#3There are blank spots on western maps too, I can think of at least one [1] that isn't in Google maps.
Re: Blanked-out spots on China's maps helped us uncover Xinjiang's camps
#4You'd think going forward they'll fill in these blank voids with land that works with the surrounding landscape in order to mask these gaps.
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Re: Blanked-out spots on China's maps helped us uncover Xinjiang's camps
#5There are blank spots on western maps too, I can think of at least one [1] that isn't in Google maps. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviano_Air_Base
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#7There are blank spots on western maps too, I can think of at least one [1] that isn't in Google maps. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviano_Air_Base
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Re: Blanked-out spots on China's maps helped us uncover Xinjiang's camps
#8Speaking of maps, I've always wondered what's in that huge, mostly-unlabeled region that is more than half of Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Russia
It looks like it could comfortably fit a few countries and then some.
Even when watching history documentaries there's a period where Russia is basically a thin strip at the western edge of its current territory, before suddenly and inexplicably blowing up to engulf almost half of Asia.
Re: Blanked-out spots on China's maps helped us uncover Xinjiang's camps
#9Speaking of maps, I've always wondered what's in that huge, mostly-unlabeled region that is more than half of Russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Russia It looks like it could comfortably fit a few countries and then some. Even when watching history documentaries there's a period where Russia is basically a thin strip at the western edge of its current territory, before suddenly and inexplicably blowin…
Horseflies.
Re: Blanked-out spots on China's maps helped us uncover Xinjiang's camps
#10There are blank spots on western maps too, I can think of at least one [1] that isn't in Google maps. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviano_Air_Base
Not true -- https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aviano+Air+Base/@46.033364...
Try this one, I just noticed it while on vacation nearby:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ccm3ZcQ771mb6Jtj8
Edit sorry I can't link to satellite view from mobile. It's the Mola Fortress on Menorca.