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

[ilikeboobies@lemmy.ca]

Now US can start claiming islands just like China does with the South Sea

[daddy32@lemmy.world]

Sorry, unable to find it now either and my memory fails me. There's a chronically mislabeled place near where I live, but I don't want to doxx myself. So, please have this vaguely related fun story instead: https://www.thesun.ie/news/14465782/ghost-aldi-supermarket-tourists-lorry

[bemorecareful@lemmy.world]

Anytime I hear someone complain about cancel culture I bring up freedom fries.

[eezyville@sh.itjust.works]

I never said they were required to change it. I just wanted to put into perspective the power that Google has vs the power the US has. Also change the name of the Gulf of Mexico is not law. It did not go through Congress.

[merde@sh.itjust.works]

i never use android auto so my help would be based on what i've read.

i tried magicEarth after the above comment. It's not foss but it seems more practical for driving and it is said to be a.auto compatible.

[goldfndr@lemmy.ml]

I'm not sure which editor you refer to as "the OSM editor", but surely id has it, JOSM can specify it, and StreetComplete has numerous quests that are disabled by default for various reasons but can be enabled (with SCEE having even more).

As for routing priority, that depends on the routing profile used by the router; there are dozens of routing profiles among several routing providers, many of which probably don't use smoothness but could. OsmAnd can — it targets some smoothness values like unpaved.

[daggermoon@lemmy.world]

Great, now I gotta set my VPN to Serbia everytime I use the stupid app.

[mystikincarnate@lemmy.ca]

Oh you got me good eh?

[mystikincarnate@lemmy.ca]

Ah. Thanks. I'm not American so I'm not exposed to that kind of stuff on the regular.

Today I learned. Thank you again.

[mystikincarnate@lemmy.ca]

You see, I don't think it would invalidate any laws... I suppose it would be subject to whatever judge is making the call, but I would imagine that any judge that's rational and logical would take into effect the concept behind the law, not just it's specific wording as it currently applies.

I hope that anyone looking at a law, written when that specific body of water was named "the Gulf of Mexico" and determine that, since it was called that at the time of the law being passed, that the law applies to the body of water that is, or was, known as "the Gulf of Mexico" at the time it was written, and the law continues to apply to that physical place, regardless of any changes in name.

But that might be a bit too logical, and I might be expecting a lot from the US Justice system.... Or any Justice system for that matter.