Google Maps in the US Will Change to Gulf of America and Mount McKinley
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#2In related news, chocolate rations are up.
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#3I'd expect nothing less from Google and the other FAANGs.
I wonder what OSM will do?
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#4> when “name changes vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names.
Can someone clarify this bit? What does "both" refer to: the local name and ?
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#5> when “name changes vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. Can someone clarify this bit? What does "both" refer to: the local name and ?
They probably mean endonymy and exonymy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym
Different groups can have different names for the same thing. For example, country names change depending on the language.
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#6Is the message here that it is the America in "USA" or the whole continent America in the alleged name of the gulf?
I guess I just should be glad the Navy wasn't involved somehow.
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#7This is so childish and pathetic.
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#8> when “name changes vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. Can someone clarify this bit? What does "both" refer to: the local name and ?
They probably mean endonymy and exonymy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym Different groups can have different names for the same thing. For example, country names change depending on the language.
So "both" means a) the endonym and b) the exonym of the country in which the user is currently located? Makes sense, I guess.
Edit: However, as far as I can tell, there IS no endonym in this case, so it should be exonyms all round?
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#9Is the message here that it is the America in "USA" or the whole continent America in the alleged name of the gulf? I guess I just should be glad the Navy wasn't involved somehow.
I think it's intended as the former, even though it ironically aligns quite nicely with the latter.
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#10> when “name changes vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. Can someone clarify this bit? What does "both" refer to: the local name and ?
I've come across similar reports about Google Maps before. The way maps are displayed can vary depending on the viewer's location. For example, if a country claims a particular territory as its own, citizens or residents of that country might see the map reflecting their government's claim. Meanwhile, people in neighboring countries or those opposed to the claim would see a different version of the map. I won’t mention specific examples, but this is how it generally works.