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

[andrewta@lemmy.world]

No they didn't. More fun to just be mad.

[dicjacobus@lemmy.world]

Google has no spine. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, they reclassified Crimea as Russian territory on the localized Russian version, and in a lot of locales they either flag it as disputed territory, or territory belonging to no nation.

you bet your ass they're going to do whatever Daddy tells them when it comes to the US. Lmao.

America isn't a sovereign nation anymore, its a slave state beholden to Corpo Syndicates, The Russian Mafia, and Israel.

[jol@discuss.tchncs.de]

OSM will also eventually change it. It's the official name of the gulf in the US. Like it or not, that's the reality. Just like how English maps show "Japan" written over the country called Nihon.

[olgratin_magmatoe@lemmy.world]

Because it's fucking stupid.

[foobarrington@lemmy.world]

No, they won't, because the US is not the world. Why does their name matter more than the one everyone else uses?

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571/102

[jol@discuss.tchncs.de]

I guess there's multiple ways to address this. Google has the resources to easily serve different maps to each country, while showing multiple names is an easier strategy.

[foobarrington@lemmy.world]

Any client could choose to prefer region-specific names, but it's important to note that this is not the same as renaming the thing itself.

[zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com]

Bend over harder Google

[13esq@lemmy.world]

Whilst I see where you're coming from, is there literally anything for Google to gain by being a stick in the mud over the issue?

[13esq@lemmy.world]

But I want Google to stick it to bad orange man, Google should represent me not official data, Google is a Nazi company!!!