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Skylight strives to utilize current and internationally accepted borders/areas by referencing the sources above. However, the designations employed and the presentation of this information on Skylight do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of Skylight or the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
Skylight does not change the labels of the layers provided by the sources listed above. However, Skylight does perform also strives to make minimal changes to the map layers provided by default to all users. These are some of the changes you may see to data imported from the reputable sources mentioned above:
Removing “EEZ” or “Exclusive Economic Zone” from the label (because it’s implied by the Layer)
Simplified boundaries
Skylight performs light processing that impacts boundaries, specifically simplifying the shapes of the files so the layer loads quickly in Skylight. Without the simplification there would be lag in the map loading, especially for areas with low internet bandwidth. The results of this shape simplification are most obvious nearshore where you’ll see the area does not following the coastline:
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