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03-19-2014, 10:15 PM
Mapmakers Debate How to Define Crimea
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Much of the world is watching how the high-stakes tug-of-war over Crimea will play out, but perhaps ** group of professionals is more invested than cartographers.
Cartographers are tasked with mapping the political dimensions of the globe. That means when a piece of land switches ownership between countries, it's their job to decide whether they want to make that change official
The latest debate for this small but influential club is centered on Crimea, the once-auto**mous region of Ukraine that voted (http://mashable.com/2014/03/16/crimea-votes-secede-ukraine/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) on March 16 to become a part of Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a treaty to annex the peninsula, and it **w must be approved by the Russian parliament. On Wednesday, the Ukrainian government an**unced (https://twitter.com/jpaceDC/status/446339159226331136) it was pulling out its troops. But still Western nations, including the United States, the U.K., and Germany, have **t recognized (http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/obama-sanctions-russia-crimean-vote/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) the potential annexation that Vice President Joe Biden has called a "land grab (http://mashable.com/2014/03/18/putin-annexation-remarks/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/19/cartographers-map-crimea/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Much of the world is watching how the high-stakes tug-of-war over Crimea will play out, but perhaps ** group of professionals is more invested than cartographers.
Cartographers are tasked with mapping the political dimensions of the globe. That means when a piece of land switches ownership between countries, it's their job to decide whether they want to make that change official
The latest debate for this small but influential club is centered on Crimea, the once-auto**mous region of Ukraine that voted (http://mashable.com/2014/03/16/crimea-votes-secede-ukraine/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) on March 16 to become a part of Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a treaty to annex the peninsula, and it **w must be approved by the Russian parliament. On Wednesday, the Ukrainian government an**unced (https://twitter.com/jpaceDC/status/446339159226331136) it was pulling out its troops. But still Western nations, including the United States, the U.K., and Germany, have **t recognized (http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/obama-sanctions-russia-crimean-vote/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) the potential annexation that Vice President Joe Biden has called a "land grab (http://mashable.com/2014/03/18/putin-annexation-remarks/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/19/cartographers-map-crimea/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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