Trend, Azerbaijan
Aug 10 2009
Microsoft corrects information at Bing Maps for correct reflection of
Nagorno-Karabakh status
Azerbaijan, Baku, August 10 / Trend Capital G. Veliyev /
Microsoft company corrects its information to reflect world consensus
about Nagotno-Karabakh as essential part of Azerbaijan, press-service
of Microsoft Azerbaijan said.
Microsoft Azerbaijan said that entire cartographic information of the
corporation is being updated now. Afterwards, map of the Azerbaijani
Republic at Bing Maps will contain all necessary changes in 2009.
Mistake was made regarding information placed at MSN Weather
portal. The mistake will be corrected soon. Nagorno-Karabakh was
indicated as separate state in the list of counties in Weather section
of Microsoft-MSN corporation website.
According to Microsoft’s statement, the corporation recognizes
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and takes into account that there
are different, sometimes, contrary views on geography in the
world. Moreover, Microsoft considers practice and opinion of the
international community, as well as independent academic and research
organizations while presenting geographic materials.
Regarding Encarta maps, this product will not be renewed as entire
production line of Encarta was phased out.