Northkil wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:13 am
According to Google maps Caabudwaaq falls in the mudug region, how come that is the case gubbet I’ve noticed that for a while now?
Good eye. So there is more to Google's incorrect map of Somalia than just the "border." After the border problem (for example putting Caabudwaaq in Ethiopia when both Ethiopia and Somalia recognize it as part of Somalia), ironically enough "Gedo Region" is the next big issue most people notice with Google, but there are a lot more problems as you have pointed out in this problem you noticed between Galgaduud and Mudug region.
So there are 3 major variations of Somalia's map;
1. The first variation I will call this Google variation, this variation has no official sponsorship by any authority anywhere:
Google
2. This variation is the "official" UN map of Somalia and is based off of the position of Somalia's government however you would notice the border is similar to Google because "officially" Somalia and Ethiopia hasn't been demarcated and subsequently filed officially with the UN. So you would see Gedo Region is correct and so is Galgaduud-Mudug border but Somali-Ethio border isn't
The "de jure" map of Somalia ("legally existing")
3. The last variation is the one you would find on OpenStreetMap (OSM) and this map is the map that most closely resembles the map of Somalia in practice. For example, the UN official map would have Caabudwaaq on the other side of border but in practice Caabudwaaq is handled as part of Somalia.
This is the "defacto" map of Somalia ("in practice")
In this comparison, here is the Google version vs the UN map. You can see Google in red has a lot of problems more than just the border or Gedo region as you could see from the Galgaduud-Mudug border;
However, as you can see from comparing the UN map in red to OSM, the official de facto map of Somalia also doesn't representnthe de jure in practice map of Somalia most strongly exhibited by the Somalia -Ethiopia border
So essentially it is not just the Somalia-Ethiopia border that is a problem exhibited by Google because even their mapping of Galgaduud and Mudug, among many other regions like Gedo, Middle Jubba, Bay, Bakool, Hiiraan, Nugaal, Sool, Togdheer, Waqooyi Galbeed, and Awdal and even Middle Shabelle--are all incorrectly drawn by Google!
Caabudwaaq is not in Mudug and even "Gelinsoor," right at the actual border between Galgaduud and Mudugz is in fact just in "Galgaduud" administratively part of "Cadaado" district.