Hey, where is my country? Software development and territorial disputes
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Many airlines were forced recently to change the name of Taiwan on their booking systems. Hotel chain website where banned in mainland China for labelling Tibet as an independent country. Ukrainian users were upset because Crimea was removed from the map of their land. “What is the capital of Israel?” is a question that has triggered different answers from voice virtual assistants. We will go on a virtual tour around the world to see how disputed territories or partially recognized states are handled by online services and understand the impacts and the challenges of geolocation services.
Language: English
Level: Beginner
Renato Losio
Principal Cloud Architect - Funambol
Renato is the Principal Cloud Architect at Funambol and an AWS Data Hero. He has over 15 years of experience as a software engineer, tech lead, and cloud architect across Italy, the UK, Portugal, and Germany. His main working interests include location-based services, relational databases on the cloud, and anything related to storage. He has been working with AWS technologies since 2011, and holds 7 AWS certifications (including the Database Specialty). Passionate about knowledge sharing, Renato is an editor at InfoQ and enjoys speaking at international events.
