Google took down several user-generated maps, which were created by a Thai royalist who wanted to expose the locations of people criticizing Thailand's monarchy.

The Ministry of Tourism and Sports (Mots) has joined hands with Google Thailand to update Google Maps with nationwide tourist attractions.

A well-known case is the border dispute between Burkina Faso (then called Upper Volta) and Mali. In 1986, the court determined that maps – both modern and historical – were valid as evidence, although ...

The effort was led by a royalist activist who planned to report everyone on the maps to police for insulting the monarchy. He sees it as "psychological" warfare against critics of the king.

In such a situation,” the prominent Thai historian says, “maps cannot help because they are part of the problem.” ...