Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps
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You do you, but that is literally yelling at a cloud.
Stop using Google services altogether, delete your accounts. Block ads. That's the only way to cost them some pennies.
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This is the way.
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Same in a little bit to your west Europe.
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Recently began contributing to OpenStreetMap. Information on my place is quite outdated, lots of work to do!
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I found this paragraph...
Can Trump change the name of the Gulf of Mexico? Maybe, but it’s not a unilateral decision, and other countries don’t have to go along. The International Hydrographic Organization — of which both the US and Mexico are members — works to ensure all the world’s seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and charted uniformly, and also names some of them. There are instances where countries refer to the same body of water or landmark by different names in their own documentation.
From this webpage... https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/can-trump-change-the-name-of-the-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america
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Cool.
In not at all related news disabling Google maps on your Android device can often be a source of delight! I never knew how capable organic maps was and it has a very nice auto integration.
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Naming things is complicated.
It's not really a case where some organisation has the authority to name something. Rather people just call something a name, and organisations adopt that name.
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Street Complete is amazing!
Perfect for people who find going on a walk too boring, like me -
The "big issue" with this it that it is being done entirely to appease the vain whims of an egocentric wannabe dictator, and for no other reason.
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If anyone's interested, here's what it looks like in Europe. The good news: this is the first time I've had to use Google Maps in a loooong time (ignoring embedded maps in other sites). OpenStreetMap is wonderful and there are some superb apps powered by it, including the ever-excellent Organic Maps.
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I’m in the process of migrating my saved locations and addresses to Organic Maps. Bye Google.
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I'm currently in France, this is what I see.
Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)
What a f*cking joke
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From the Wikipedia for Gulf of Mexico:
While the Interior Department confirmed that the Gulf of America name was effective for U.S. federal agencies, on January 24, the change does not apply in an international context.
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+1. Couldn't care less. My life will go on. I'm not going to use GMaps anyway.
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I'm gonna start creating new pubs, bars and so on, everywhere I go, and call them Trump's Mexican Deli, Donnie & Elon's vacancy hotel, and so on. Please contribute (use an alternative google account) -
