Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
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OpenStreetMap also needs to deal with this kind of thing. In this case, several people already tried to add it to the map in some form of other, but generally not as something to actually be shown. There is a looong discussion about it here https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571 . General opinion is that it is (or will be) "the official name that the US says it has". In OSM you can invent tags for anything, so an object can have many names. Done like this, anyone using the data can still choose to give precedence to any "official US names that are not in common use yet".
Later it may be upgraded ased on if it becomes a common alternative name, just in the US, or maybe beyond. All those options can have their own special tag. And only very motivated data users will ever show it to map users. But if you do a search for Gulf of America, you will be able to find it. -
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I don't think it's gonna work as well because people could afford to eat Big Macs everyday back then. No joke, the economic situation is so dire I'm saving up to treat myself and my boyfriend to a fancy dinner date....
The dinner is at fucking Waffle House
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That actually explains this stupidity doesn't it ...
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New York is different, that was hundreds of years ago before there were millions of printed maps and it's another thing to rename own landmarks or something which isn't within your country.
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Two reasons. Firstly, it's the principle of the thing - fuck Google for sucking up to Orange Shitler. Secondly, because somebody, somewhere in Google gets to deal with the endless reporting - even if all that reaction is is to have to write a script to auto-ignore that exact thing because it keeps popping up and there's nothing they can do to stop it.
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Almost spit my coffee out lol
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America is not special, why would Google make an exception to their global policy?
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They never wasted any time thinking about that, I fear
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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.
That's a bit pathetic, isn't it? Everything daddy Trump says but please, no backlash.
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Do you have any examples? It's impossible to find with a search with the recent news.
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Yes, OsmAnd: https://osmand.net/docs/user/navigation/auto-car/
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Are you referring to smoothness=bad or a narrow width? (I'm guessing you've been using StreetComplete to specify each.)
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But to answer your question, absolutely. In fact, Waze's reporting is why Google bought out abs address those features to Google Maps.
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BRouter and other routing engines can use attributes like surface and smoothness (and probably width) to calculate routes.
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Possibly not "companion" per se, but Every Door is available for iOS and MapComplete can run in browser. Go Map!! can provide more detailed editing.
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I never said it was exceptional, quite the opposite, I'm saying many countries have border disputes.
Interesting that you don't seem to care about my other examples, Gaza or Crimea. Got a soft spot for China?
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What a weird response. I was addressing your comment. You didn’t mention Palestine and Crimea should be returned to the Crimean Tatars, both Slavic peoples are invaders.
