LABELING MATTERS Simply three phrases in a area of blue are sufficient to elate a nation, though Google says they’ve been there all alongside and solely made “simpler to see.” —GOOGLE MAPS SCREENGRAB
MANILA, Philippines — The labeling of “West Philippine Sea” on Google Maps mirrored the “rising acceptance” of the waters as a part of the nation’s sovereignty, in line with the Nationwide Maritime Council (NMC).
Social media customers and authorities companies took discover on Monday that the digital mapping navigation platform was utilizing the West Philippine Sea designation within the western part of the nation’s unique financial zone (EEZ).
“We take a look at this initiative of Google Maps as a mirrored image of the rising acceptance that the waters of the West Philippine Sea are inside our sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction,” the NMC stated in a press release on Friday.
“It is usually a recognition of the sensible worth of our nationwide prerogative to call our personal maritime zones, which can hopefully assist encourage consistency within the time period’s use by the worldwide group and facilitate the upholding of the liberty of navigation within the West Philippine Sea,” the council added.
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The waters of the South China Sea inside the western part of the Philippines’ EEZ was renamed because the West Philippine Sea in 2012 via an administrative order by then-President Benigno Aquino III.
The renaming was a part of an effort to say Manila’s sovereignty over the waters amid continued aggressions by Beijing.
Aquino’s order additionally directed the Nationwide Mapping and Useful resource Info Authority to indicate the West Philippine Sea in charts and maps of the nation.
A 2016 Everlasting Courtroom of Arbitration ruling affirmed the Philippines’ declare of the West Philippine Sea.
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