Enye yezona zinto zibangela umdla, ukuba zingalindelwanga, iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga zomthetho wanamhlanje welungelo lokushicilela yindlela iinkampani zeemaphu eziza kwenza ngayo isitalato esingeyonyani-indlela, umzila, okanye indlela engenayo, emhlabeni, kwiimephu zabo . Ukuba eso sitrato kamva sibonisa iimveliso zenkampani eyimbangi, ke banabo bonke ubungqina obufunekayo kwityala lokophula umthetho. Yaziwa njenge kwizitrato ezinomgibe , ezi ndlela zentelekelelo zikho nje njengezinto zokucinga ezingaphaya komthetho.

Izitrato zomgibe zikwanobungqina obunyanzelisayo bokuba iimephu azihlali zilingana nentsimi. Kuthekani ukuba ayisosakhiwo esinye okanye isitalato, nangona kunjalo, kodwa imephu iyonke iphosakele ngabom? Esi sisiphelo esingaqhelekanga semveliso yedijithali yeemephu e-China: apho, isitrato, ulwakhiwo noohola bendlela bashiye nje uphawu, babekelwa izizathu zokukhuseleka kukazwelonke noqoqosho.

Iziphumo ziphantse ukutyibilika komoya phakathi kweemephu zedijithali kunye neembonakalo zomhlaba abazibhalayo . Imigca yenyoka yezithuthi phakathi kwamaziko ezakhiwo; amatye ezikhumbuzo ahamba phakathi kwemilambo; Indawo ubani eme kuyo epakini okanye kwindawo yokuthenga ibonakala ngathi iphantse ibe sisiqingatha sekhilomitha kude, ngokungathi kukho inguqulelo engaphezulu kwesinye kuni evulekileyo. Umntu ongaqhelekanga okwangoku, indlela yakho yakusasa ebalekayo khange uye ncam apho ubucinga ukuba yenzekile .

Ngokuqinisekileyo, akukho semthethweni kubantu bamanye amazwe okanye imibutho ukwenza iimephu e-China ngaphandle kwemvume esemthethweni . Njengoko kukhankanyiwe kuMthetho woPhando kunye neMephu yeRiphabhlikhi yaseTshayina, umzekelo, ukwenza imephu-nokuba kubhalwe nje iimilo, ubungakanani, indawo ezikuyo, iimpawu, njl.njl. ukhuseleko lwesizwe kunye nenkqubela phambili yoluntu. Abo bafumana imvume kufuneka bazise i-offset ekuhlaleni kwimveliso yabo, uhlobo lokumiselwa kwangaphambili kweemaphu. Ilizwe liphela lamabala endawo ngoko ke laziswa ngabom kwimephu ebangelwayo.

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Eyona ngxaki iphambili kukuba uninzi lweemephu zedijithali namhlanje zixhomekeke kwiseti yolungelelwaniso eyaziwa njenge-World Geodetic System 1984, okanye WGS-84; I-Arhente yeSizwe ye-Geospatial-Intelligence Agency iyichaza njenge isakhelo sesalathiso ekusekwe kuso bonke ubukrelekrele be-geospatial . Nangona kunjalo, njengoko injineli yesoftware uDan Dascalescu ebhala kuyo ukuya Ukutshintshwa kweStack iposti , iimveliso zemephu yedijithali e-China endaweni yoko zisebenzisa into ebizwa ngokuba yi Idatha ye-GCJ-02 . Njengoko esitsho, ukubonakala kwe-algorithmic offset ngokungacwangciswanga kubangela ukuba i-WGS-84 iququzelele, njengaleyo ivela kwi-chip yesiqhelo ye-GPS, ukuba yenziwe ngokungalunganga kwimephu ze-GCJ-02. Idatha ye-GCJ-02 ikwayinto engaqhelekanga eyaziwa njenge Ulungelelwaniso lweMars , ngokungathi ichaza ijografi yenye iplanethi. Uguqulo emva naphambili phakathi kwezi nkqubo zilungelelanisayo-ukubuyisela i-China eMhlabeni, ngokungathi kunjalo-kulula ngokwaneleyo ukuyifumana kwi-Intanethi, kodwa ikwafumaneka kunokuba eyoyikisayo kwabo bangengcali.

Ngelixa ii-algorithmic offsets ezivezwe kwiimephu zedijithali zinokuvakala ngokungathi yinto nje yomcimbi oxhalabisayo-into ethe kratya njengengxoxo yesidlo sangokuhlwa sabalandeli beenoveli zikaWilliam Gibson-ngumbandela obambekayo kakhulu kubayili bemveliso yedijithali. Ukukhupha i-app, umzekelo, imisebenzi yayo yendawo engasebenziyo e-China inamava omsebenzisi akhawulezileyo kwaye abuhlungu, ungasathethi ke ngezezimali.

Enye yoyilo losetyenziso oluthunyelwe kwiwebhusayithi Ukugcwala okugcweleyo ukubuza malunga nombukeli wemephu onokungena kwi-Apple. Ukwenza ibali elide lifutshane, xa lisetyenziswa e-China, iimephu ze-Apple ziphantsi kwe-offset eyahlukileyo [ye] 100-600m eyenza ukuba izichasiselo zibonise ngokungachanekanga kwimephu. Ngamanye amagama, yonke into elapho-iindlela, iiklabhu zasebusuku, iivenkile zempahla-ibonakala ikumgama we-100-600 yeemitha ukusuka kwindawo yayo, yomhlaba. Iziphumo zoku kukuba, ukuba ujonga ulungelelwaniso lwabahlobo bakho kwi-GPS, njengoko ibhlog kaJon Pasden ibhala, uya kubona ukuba bemi emlanjeni okanye kwindawo ethile ziimitha ezingama-500 kude. nokuba zime kanye ecaleni kwakho .

Umsonto ofanayo kwi Ukugcwala okugcweleyo Iyaqhubeka ichaze ukuba uGoogle naye une-algorithm eyenziwe nge-algorithm, eyaziwa njenge _applyChinaLocationShift (okanye ngokuhlekisayo njenge kuguqulelo ). Isitshixo, ewe, sokunikezela usetyenziso oluchanekileyo kukunika ingxelo ngokutshintsha kwendawo yaseTshayina ngaphambi kokuba yenzeke-ukugqwetha okungalunganga ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke.

Ukongeza kuyo yonke le nto, imigaqo yendawo yaseTshayina ifuna ukuba imisebenzi ye-GPS mayikhubazeke kwizixhobo ezigcinwe ngesandla okanye kufuneka zenziwe ukubonisa okufanayo. Ukuba isixhobo esinikiweyo- njenge-smartphone okanye ikhamera- sibhaqa ukuba siseTshayina, ukubanakho kweefoto ze-geo-tag nokuba ayifumaneki okwexeshana okanye iphazamise ngokumangalisayo . Kwakhona, uya kufumanisa ukuba ihotele yakho ayikho apho ikhamera yakho ifuna ukuba khona, okanye indawo yokutyela wena nabahlobo bakho enifuna ukuyindwendwela ayisiyiyo, enyanisweni, apho i-smartphone yakho icinga ukuba ikukhokele. Iinyawo zakho zomzimba kunye neendlela zakho zedijithali azisahambelani.

Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba oku kuphakamisa imibuzo enomdla ye-geopolotiki. Ukuba umhambi uzifumana engena, yithi, kwiTibet okanye kuqhubeke uhambo olufutshane oluya kwiziqithi ezingezizo zoLwandle lwase China lwase China —Kanye mhlawumbi ngokulula eTaiwan -Ngaba yena kunye nezixhobo zakhe base China? Lo mbuzo ubonakala ungaqondakali unokuba sele uphendulwe, ngaphandle kokuba umhambi azi nokuba ubuziwe, ziisekethe ezingaphakathi kwifowuni yakhe okanye kwikhamera. Kuxhomekeke kunyanzeliso lwamabango eTshayina kunye nokuzimisela kwabavelisi abathile ukwamkela ezo bango, isixhobo sisenokungaphinde sinikeze ukufundwa okuchanekileyo kweGPS.

Beka enye indlela, usenokungacingi ukuba uwele umda wamazwe-kodwa izixhobo zakho zinjalo. Lo ngumzekelo nje omnye, umzekelo omncinci wendlela imibuzo entsonkothileyo ye-geopolotiki enokuthi ifakwe ngaphakathi ekusebenzeni kwezixhobo zethu eziphathwayo: iikhamera kunye nee-smartphones ngesiquphe zisiwe kumgca ongaphambili weencoko ezinkulu malunga nolawulo lwelizwe.

Ezi ntlobo zemizekelo zinokuvakala njengezinto ezingafunekiyo zabahambi, kodwa e-China, ubuncinci, abenzi beemaphu bajongwa njengesoyikiso kwezokhuseleko: I-China Ministry of Land and Resources kutshanje ilumkisile ukuba Inani labaphambukeli abaqhuba uphando e-China liyanda , kwaye, eneneni, urhulumente uyanda ukuqhekeza kwabo batyeshela imithetho yemephu. Abafundi abathathu baseBritish geology bayifumanisa le ndlela inzima ngelixa beqokelela idatha kuhambo lwentsimi lwango-2009 kwintlango yaseXinjiang, indawo ebuthathaka kwezopolitiko kumantla ntshona eChina. Iiseti zedatha zabafundi zaqwalaselwa imisebenzi yokwenza iimephu ngokungekho mthethweni , kwaye bohlwaywa phantse nge-3,000 zeerandi.

Into ehleli inyanzelisa ngokungummangaliso apha ngumsantsa ongaqhelekanga phakathi kwehlabathi kunye nabameli balo. Kumzekeliso owaziwayo wokubhala obizwa ngokuba Ngokuchanekileyo kwiNzululwazi , 'ukusuka Iifictions eziqokelelweyo U-Jorge Luis Borges waseArgentina uchaza ubukumkani obunamabhongo eemaphu ekugqibeleni afumana okona kulungileyo. Abenzi bemephu zobukhosi, uBorges ubhala athi, bayile iMephu yoBukhosi obungakanani bayo babungobo bukhosi, kwaye eyangqinelana nenqaku labo. Le mephu ye-1: 1, nangona kunjalo, ngelixa ngokungathandabuzekiyo ubugcisa kunye nengcinga emangalisayo, yabonwa njengelilize ngokupheleleyo kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Endaweni yokukhanyisela okanye ukufundisa, le mephu inqabileyo ingenakuphepheka imane iphazamisa eyona ndawo inxibelelene nayo efuna ukucacisa.

Ukulungelelaniswa kweMars, i-eviltransform, _applyChinaLocationShift, the China GPS Ingxaki yokuLungisa Nokuba leliphi igama ofuna ukulichaza ngale meko yedijithali yeemephu zedijithali ezihamba ngokutyibilika ngokutyibilikayo kude kubaphembeleli babo, umsantsa ophakathi kwemephu kunye nommandla yiBorgesian efanelekileyo.

Ewe, uBorges uphelisa umzekeliso wakhe omncinci onomfanekiso wezilwanyana kunye nabangqibi behlala phakathi kwamabhodlo aqhekekileyo emephu eshiyiweyo, engazi ukuba yayiyintoni na injongo yayo yasekuqaleni-mhlawumbi ebonisa ukuba abahambi kumashumi eminyaka ukusukela ngoku baya kuzula zula Imimandla yaseTshayina enezixhobo zeGPS eziphelelwe lixesha ngesandla, bemangaliswa kukufumanisa kwabo ukufana, uguqulelo lwehlabathi olwalusithelisiwe.

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