scripts/map-review.json
{
"reviewedAt": "2026-10-02",
"scope": "Reference geometry and rendering categories; not live territorial control. Features without a regional source note retain Natural Earth's classification and are marked reference-only.",
"regions": [
{
"id": "kashmir",
"name": "Kashmir",
"areas": [
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1159320487,
1159320485,
1159321155,
1159320865,
1159320963,
1159321157
],
"note": "The UN distinguishes the agreed Line of Control from a final territorial settlement. The shapes here are reference geometry, not a current military deployment map.",
"sources": [
{
"label": "UN Kashmir reference map",
"url": "https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/490695/files/3828_Rev-_6.pdf",
"date": null
}
],
"category": "Claims & control lines"
},
{
"id": "palestine",
"name": "West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem",
"areas": [
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1159320909,
1159320911,
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],
"note": "The ICJ's 2024 advisory opinion addresses these places as occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. Neutral shading does not erase that legal description or represent the parties' claims as legally equivalent.",
"sources": [
{
"label": "ICJ advisory opinion · 19 Jul 2024",
"url": "https://www.icj-cij.org/case/186/advisory-opinions",
"date": "2024-07-19"
}
],
"category": "Territorial status"
},
{
"id": "golan",
"name": "Golan Heights and Shebaa Farms",
"areas": [
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1159320907,
1159321297
],
"note": "UN Security Council resolution 497 distinguishes Israel's administration from legal sovereignty over the Syrian Golan. The mapped 1974 ceasefire and UN zone are historical reference lines, not current front lines. Shebaa Farms is separately disputed; its inclusion does not settle its status.",
"sources": [
{
"label": "UN Security Council resolution 497 · 1981",
"url": "https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-180751/",
"date": "1981-12-17"
}
],
"category": "Claims & ceasefire lines"
},
{
"id": "western-sahara",
"name": "Western Sahara",
"areas": [
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],
"note": "The UN lists Western Sahara as a Non-Self-Governing Territory. The berm and competing territorial extents remain separate from recognition or a final settlement.",
"sources": [
{
"label": "UN territorial-status record",
"url": "https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/en/nsgt/western-sahara",
"date": null
}
],
"category": "Territorial status"
},
{
"id": "crimea",
"name": "Crimea",
"areas": [
1159321217
],
"note": "The UN reaffirms Ukraine's territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders. The hatch prevents Russia's reference-map country fill from assigning Crimea to Russia; it does not equate a sovereignty claim with international recognition. No current front lines are drawn.",
"sources": [
{
"label": "UN human-rights report · 26 Jun 2026",
"url": "https://ukraine.ohchr.org/en/Situation-of-human-rights-in-the-temporarily-occupied-territories-of-Ukraine-including-the-Autonomous-Republic-of-Crimea-and-the-city-of-Sevastopol-report-of-the-Secretary-General-1-July-31-December-2025",
"date": "2026-06-26"
}
],
"category": "Territorial status"
},
{
"id": "cyprus",
"name": "Cyprus · northern area and buffer zone",
"areas": [
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],
"note": "The UN's reference map distinguishes ceasefire lines and a buffer zone from administrative boundaries. These lines are not presented as an agreed sovereign border.",
"sources": [
{
"label": "UN Cyprus map · 2020",
"url": "https://www.un.org/geospatial/file/2495/download?token=15NSrfgR",
"date": "2020"
}
],
"category": "Status & buffer zone"
},
{
"id": "kosovo",
"name": "Kosovo",
"areas": [
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],
"note": "The ICJ's 2010 opinion concerns the legality of the declaration of independence. It is not a determination that every state recognizes Kosovo. The map keeps recognition distinct from administration.",
"sources": [
{
"label": "ICJ advisory opinion · 22 Jul 2010",
"url": "https://icj-cij.org/case/141",
"date": "2010-07-22"
}
],
"category": "Recognition status"
},
{
"id": "taiwan",
"name": "Taiwan",
"areas": [
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],
"note": "Taiwan's foreign ministry rejects the PRC's sovereignty claim; the PRC's foreign ministry asserts it. Both positions are attributed below. The map assigns no claimant's colour and draws no invented sea border.",
"sources": [
{
"label": "Taiwan foreign ministry · position",
"url": "https://en.mofa.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=1330&s=97750",
"date": null
},
{
"label": "PRC foreign ministry · 8 Mar 2026",
"url": "https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjbzhd/202603/t20260308_11870577.html",
"date": "2026-03-08"
}
],
"category": "Territorial status"
}
],
"excludeAreas": [
{
"id": 1159320559,
"reason": "Tartupaluk / Hans Island dispute settled by the 2022 boundary agreement; do not display the old claim polygon.",
"source": "https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/06/boundary-dispute.html"
},
{
"id": 1159320385,
"reason": "The old Artsakh polygon and 2020 control lines are historical after the 2023 changes. Do not display them as current control.",
"source": "https://azerbaijan.un.org/en/248051-un-team-completes-mission-karabakh"
},
{
"id": 1763286547,
"reason": "Old Luhansk control footprint; not a current front line or sovereignty boundary.",
"source": "https://ukraine.ohchr.org/en/Situation-of-human-rights-in-the-temporarily-occupied-territories-of-Ukraine-including-the-Autonomous-Republic-of-Crimea-and-the-city-of-Sevastopol-report-of-the-Secretary-General-1-July-31-December-2025"
},
{
"id": 1763286545,
"reason": "Old Donetsk control footprint; not a current front line or sovereignty boundary.",
"source": "https://ukraine.ohchr.org/en/Situation-of-human-rights-in-the-temporarily-occupied-territories-of-Ukraine-including-the-Autonomous-Republic-of-Crimea-and-the-city-of-Sevastopol-report-of-the-Secretary-General-1-July-31-December-2025"
},
{
"id": 1159320695,
"reason": "A 2025 ICJ judgment requires re-review of the old Mbane claim polygon; excluded pending refreshed geometry.",
"source": "https://www.icj-cij.org/case/179"
},
{
"id": 1159320913,
"reason": "Whole-state diplomatic recognition is not by itself a disputed boundary; show the specific territorial and boundary features instead.",
"source": "https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/disputed-boundaries-policy/"
},
{
"id": 1159320577,
"reason": "Old Tiran / Sanafir claim polygon omitted pending re-review against the Egypt–Saudi Arabia delimitation agreement, which entered into force in 2017.",
"source": "https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=08000002804c42e7"
}
],
"excludeLineNames": [
"Ceasefire Line 2020",
"Donetsk claim",
"Donbass claim",
"Luhansk claim"
],
"omitClasses": [
"Admin-0 lease",
"Lease limit",
"Reference line"
],
"aliases": {
"W. Sahara": "Western Sahara",
"N. Cyprus": "Northern Cyprus",
"Pinnacle Is.": "Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands",
"Dokdo": "Dokdo / Takeshima",
"Falkland Is.": "Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas",
"Ilemi Triange": "Ilemi Triangle",
"Br. Indian Ocean Ter.": "Chagos Archipelago",
"Kuril Is.": "Southern Kuril Islands / Northern Territories",
"Near Om Parvat": "Kalapani area",
"Baykonur": "Baikonur"
}
}