Sunday 4 September 2005

Polish People's Republic

Niby minęło już ponad 15 lat od upadku komunizmu... Jednak nie według Google. Na mapie ciągle figurejemy jako PRL....

Nie wiem jak Tobie - mi to zdecydowanie nie odpowiada. Google udostępnia formularz do zgłaszania uwag o mapach. Tekst który wysłałem zamieszczam poniżej, zachęcam do powielenia lub napisania własnego.

I was a bit surprised that Poland on Google Maps is listed as "Polish People's Republic" - a country which was created by communists at the end of World War II and does NOT exist since 1989. Since the fall of communist system, the official name of Poland is "Rzeczpospolita Polska", which translates to Republic of Poland.
I find it offending that Google still uses a name suggesting that Poland is a communist country - moreover, which is collocated with a time when Poland wasn't even a fully independent organism.