Fix India Map

[Pavankumarbg]

Current version is misinterpreting india's map. Kindly fix this.

[koala73]

This is an inherent characteristic of the upstream data sources we use, not a bug or a change am doing:

Two independent layers show borders :

1. Layer: CARTO base map tiles , Source: OpenStreetMap data, What it shows: De-facto borders (Line of Control) - this is the PRIMARY visible border the user sees
2. Layer: countries.geojson, Source: Natural Earth (258 features), What it shows: Also de-facto boundaries — used for hover/click/choropleth, transparent by default

What the data shows

• India polygon: tops out at 35.50°N — excludes Gilgit-Baltistan and Aksai Chin
• Pakistan polygon: extends to 37.02°N, 77.05°E — includes Gilgit-Baltistan + Azad Kashmir
• Siachen Glacier: separate -99 (no-country) feature at 35.11-35.65°N
• No Aksai Chin feature at all (likely included in China's polygon)

India's official claim extends to ~37°N and includes ALL of J&K. The GeoJSON and CARTO tiles both show de-facto control (LoC), not India's claimed boundaries.

Why this happens

Both OSM and Natural Earth follow the de-facto standard: they map who actually administers territory, not who claims it. This is the global mapping convention used by Google Maps (outside India), Apple Maps (outside India), OpenStreetMap, and virtually all international map providers.

Google Maps inside India actually shows different borders, they comply with India's IT Act 2000 requirements. But that's a geo-fenced view, not the default global dataset.

Am not Google, I have no plans to introduce 2 default views like Google does with a zillion employee.

Appreciate you, but please this is not something that I will consider.