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

[hardcoreufo@lemmy.world]

I know I'm pretty pissed off about it too.

[thomascrappersghost@feddit.uk]

They proved that by wearing nappies…

[selokichtli@lemmy.ml]

"Completely arbitrary trolling".

[smeenz@lemmy.nz]

There's little point in doing so, other than the feel-good moment. Google, and all other mapping companies, ultimately take their data from official sources. This differs per country, so users of maps from outside of the US will continue to see Gulf of Mexico, but complaining that it is wrong will only be ignored because they're following the data from the official US government source.

[justjack23@slrpnk.net]

Hey great idea, is there an open street maps app?

I found the StreetComplete one here

[furbag@lemmy.world]

Yeah, I've been meaning to switch to OpenStreetMaps for a while now and this was the impetus to drop what I was doing and download it immediately. Fuck Google. So sick of this mask off tech plutocracy bullshit.

[misk@sopuli.xyz]

Following whatever is the official version of country names and even country borders based on user location has been the thing for many years now. Google probably doesn’t care and doesn’t make the exception for the US.

[ctkatz@lemmy.ml]

i think when they rebranded as alphabet, they repealed that corporate philosophy.

[daddy32@lemmy.world]

Like a little bitches they are...

[daddy32@lemmy.world]

They never fix bugs in maps. Some places IRL even got renamed, because it was easier than fixing the name in google maps.

[ctkatz@lemmy.ml]

is there anything android auto compatible?

[hobbes_dent@lemmy.world]

Except they’re waiting on bended knees aren’t they? They’ve show who their daddy is by announcing it.

[narp@feddit.org]

That doesn't make much sense, since Baja California was named California before the US-State which even belonged to Mexico back in the days.

If anything Trump is going to change California to Ivankia or Putinstan, but I guess at that point California will rather rejoin Mexico.

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

Makes as much sense as changing Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America IMO.

[bitwaba@lemmy.world]

Conservatives like to call the West Coast the left coast. It's their little way of making fun of progressive states.

[locuester@lemmy.zip]

It’s not the same. Google is a US company.

It makes sense that it would use the GNIS, a system of the USGS, to put names on places.

It hasn’t changed here yet, but I figure when it does, Google will reflect the change.

https://www.usgs.gov/tools/geographic-names-information-system-gnis

[xia@lemmy.sdf.org]

Wait... so... this was not a joke? They're serious?

[nomy@lemmy.zip]

Turns out evil is profitable.

[parrhesia@sh.itjust.works]

Does anyone know if Waze will warn you if there is an accident ahead and will redirect you?

[pinus_rigida@lemm.ee]

Google owns Waze