Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
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bestbouclettes@jlai.lureplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Call it Alaskb !
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bitwaba@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Trump would be okay with that because it's still a fuck you to the left coast.
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ricdeh@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Has nothing to do with bending the knee. The executive order literally changed the official name of the Gulf in the U.S. This situation is ridiculous, but it is the new U.S. government that you need to complain about, not the people implementing or deferring to their decisions.
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mrshankles@reddthat.comreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Huh, I didn't know the Sears Tower was renamed to Willis. Though the Sears Tower never comes up in conversations for me, I'll surely only ever know it as Sears. So yeah, that's a great point you make
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grumpyduckling@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Not legal
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rxbrad@infosec.pubreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Obama renamed Mt. McKinley to Denali by executive order. Trump is using executive order to rename it back.
Biden outlawed oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Trump used executive order to rename it so the Gulf of Mexico "doesn't exist".
It's all questionable use of executive order. But which party is going to step up and say "the last guy did it, but our guy shouldn't be able to ignore checks & balances anymore"?
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ick@infosec.pubreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I am using Magic Earth for navigation. Any recommended companion iOS apps for contributing to OSM?
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squizzy@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
This should be only for users in that shithole.
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grumpyduckling@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
The difference is that it's intentional waters and the International Hydrographic Organization is in charge of standardizing the names.
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beardedblaze@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
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grumpyduckling@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
The International Hydrographic Organization is in charge of name standards in international waters. The United States is a member.
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merde@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
people don't degoogle to use apple instead
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misk@sopuli.xyzreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
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accideath@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I disagree on the Pluto stance because it being classified as a dwarf planet makes sense for various reasons and isn’t about the ego of a racist megalomaniac.
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joel_feila@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
Actually very little of the gilf falls into international waters
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rxbrad@infosec.pubreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
The IHO proposes names which world nations may or may not use.
Such is the case with the "Southern Ocean" around Antarctica since the early 2000s, which is randomly recognized & not recognized by world nations.
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grumpyduckling@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
A line joining Cape Catoche Light (21°37′N 87°04′W) with the Light on Cape San Antonio in Cuba, through this island to the meridian of 83°W and to the Northward along this meridian to the latitude of the South point of the Dry Tortugas (24°35'N), along this parallel Eastward to Rebecca Shoal (82°35'W) thence through the shoals and Florida Keys to the mainland at the eastern end of Florida Bay and all the narrow waters between the Dry Tortugas and the mainland being considered to be within the Gulf.
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mystikincarnate@lemmy.careplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
This is super dumb.
How are these morons so offended about the name of a body of water?
Their fragile ego is so completely shattered because Mexico "has a Gulf" and they "don't"?
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mystikincarnate@lemmy.careplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
You mean West coast?
I mean, if I'm facing south, the left coast is the East coast.
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mystikincarnate@lemmy.careplied to Guest 27 days ago last edited by
I support this.
But we should probably at least have a conversation with Mexico about it, since something like half of their country borders it.
IDK, I failed geography.
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