Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates

[fisco@lemmy.ml]

Fuck off googlex2

[deceptichum@quokk.au]

Why not change it back to “Freedom Fries” while you’re doing dumb shit? Gives us something to laugh about for the next 20 years at least.

[shdwdrgn@mander.xyz]

Any chance there's a place we could all start submitting bug reports about the incorrectly named body of water? Once the change goes into effect we should post that everywhere and see if we can swamp Google.

[667@lemmy.radio]

They’ll regex those bug reports so fast it won’t even matter.

[devaolleysadvocate@lemmy.world]

Why is anyone using twitter anyway? Bring back blog post press releases

[iamthetot@sh.itjust.works]

I want off this ride.

[werefreeatlast@lemmy.world]

I have a tiny penis. But I know a guy who has my real penis. I call his penis my penis. Trust me guys, its big!

[droporain@lemmynsfw.com]

It's so fucking stupid, Mexico is part of America.

[amassaro@mastodon.uno]

@return2ozma we should collectively boycott this and call the Gulf of Turtle Island just to piss Mr. Orange off

[gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works]

Jesus fucking christ

[happydoors@lemm.ee]

I love the app MagicEarth for turn by turn navigation GPS. It uses OSM!

[australis13@fedia.io]

Pathetic. Hopefully the rest of the world doesn't follow suit. Renaming it just for one of Trump's ego trips is not a good reason.

[corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca]

Everyone report an error every day.

[merde@sh.itjust.works]

"Contains no known trackers" according to AuroraStore + free and no adds

https://www.magicearth.com/privacy/

will take a look, thanks

[floofloof@lemmy.ca]

The United States of Northern Mexico?

[mortimer@lemmy.world]

I used Organic Maps on my CalyxOS phone a few days ago to navigate a 200 mile car drive home to the Scottish Highlands, and it worked flawlessly. The first 50 miles were through parts of Fife that I was not familiar with. I left it on for the rest of the journey just to track my progress and test it out. Very impressed with it. Maps are detailed and downloaded to the device for offline use. I've finally managed to deGoogle my life completely and will never use another Google product or service again.

[jonefive@midwest.social]

Continuing to call it the gulf of mexico will piss him off more

[fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de]

Google added that the name Gulf of Mexico will remain displayed for users in Mexico. Users in other countries will see both names, the company said.

Yeah. "Both Names" for other countries is a bit lame but better than just Gulf of America everywhere.

The Denali / McKinley thing is pretty awful though. I hadn't realised Trump had changed that too.

[jonefive@midwest.social]

Technically correct

[shepherdpie@midwest.social]

I thought that name was already taken by the chasm in between his ears.