Google to change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in maps

[floodedwomb@lemmy.world]

Honestly, we don't either.

[ziltoid1991@lemmy.world]

Get ready for some other bootlicking from Google, then Trump will write an executive order to drop the antitrust cases against Google.

[sirushimself@lemmy.today]

Mexico is in central America, we live in north America and Brazil is in South America. America refers to our entire continent not the US. Why do you people not get this. Trump is so fucking dumb (and apparently most you too) that he tried to spite Mexico and renamed it to ALL OF US. FFS what are all of you? Zoomers or are Millenails all this uneducated too?

[spacehooks@reddthat.com]

I wonder if they called it gulf if mexoamerica if it would be a funny compromise.

[outlierblue@lemmy.ca]

Mexico is in North America.

[flyingsquid@lemmy.world]

Funds must be allocated. That said, they want to get rid of the National Weather Service part of the NOAA and force everyone to use shitty Accuweather, so it will be a lot cheaper.

[koalaunknown@lemmy.world]

Google is just asking people to switch to Organic maps with this one.

Apple maps for those wondering:

[exu@feditown.com]

That's fair. For me none of the alternatives offer enough features to replace it. I often use it to highlight POIs of a type and all the different map views are great.

[theacharnian@lemmy.ca]

Explain?

[theacharnian@lemmy.ca]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works]

Freedonia

[rhllor@feddit.org]

Information on Google maps is different based on location. Most prominent examples are disputed borders like in Kashmir which are differently drawn in India and Pakistan.

[zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Switched to Apple Maps a few months ago, just one more reason to never switch back.

[evilbit@lemmy.world]

Wave can stay dead though. I’m okay with that.

[chiliedogg@lemmy.world]

Open Street Maps is a thing. Use it.

It's also publicly editable and used to generate a bunch of other maps - even for government use. It would be a damned shame if people created burner accounts and started renaming things owned by Trump and Musk...

[fennek182@feddit.org]

North Mexico

[cmhe@lemmy.world]

OSM also uses localized names for places. So there might be name changes happening there as well.

Not sure exactly how they do it for international names, they probably have a system, but if Trump starts renaming towns and states in the US like "State of Pu**ygrab", "State of Hillaries-emails" or whatever, everyone has to adapt, in order to not be disrespectful of the people and culture of the united states.

[thefriar@lemm.ee]

Organic maps is the one I use

[dev_null@lemmy.ml]

Did anyone read the tweet? They are defending their decision not to change the name, because the change isn't official. No, they haven't "announced they will change the name".

Yeah, you can logically conclude based on that that they will update it once it's official, but it's the reporting is the opposite of what they said.

[andrewta@lemmy.world]

So if it's updated in an official source (not just because Trump wants it) but updated In the US geographic names system. Why would it not be updated at that point?