State of the Map 2026

Well, when you visit it https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=7/23.765/-87.100 there's no naming of that area at all. At least when looked at from a US IP. And when you search "Gulf of America" it returns "Gulf of Mexico". So take from that what you will.

Re: State of the Map 2026

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Post by hansvm » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC

Jimpulse wrote: post #2

Does OpenStreetMap comply with US executive order naming?

Fiat never works for linguistic shifts. That order is about as likely to work as telling a kid to stop saying "six seven."

Re: State of the Map 2026

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Post by alex1138 » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC

hansvm wrote: post #5

Jimpulse wrote: post #2

Does OpenStreetMap comply with US executive order naming?

Fiat never works for linguistic shifts. That order is about as likely to work as telling a kid to stop saying "six seven."

I'm in favor of legislation to stop the '67' craze

Re: State of the Map 2026

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Post by mikeocool » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC

Jimpulse wrote: post #2

Does OpenStreetMap comply with US executive order naming?

The President of the United Stated doesn’t actually have the authority to tell anyone besides the executive branch what to name geographic places. So the order only forces official US government maps created by USGS and the like to be updated. Other maps can choose to update if they want to.

Open Street Map tends to reserve the “name” tag for what things are commonly called by the local community. It appears that for the Lake Ontario and The Gulf of Mexico they’ve added an “official_name:US” tag to capture the names in the executive orders.

Re: State of the Map 2026

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Post by zikduruqe » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC

Jimpulse wrote: post #2

Does OpenStreetMap comply with US executive order naming?

It's community driven, so I highly doubt the public will change it.

Now, I'd love for each geographical region to take their very worst area, and rename it after a certain politician for the lulz.

Re: State of the Map 2026

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Post by scrollop » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC

Jimpulse wrote: post #2

Does OpenStreetMap comply with US executive order naming?

Hopefully not. Whatever changes Mr Trump demands will likely be temporary, regardless.

Re: State of the Map 2026

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Post by dspillett » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 3:11 PM UTC

alex1138 wrote: post #6

hansvm wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fiat never works for linguistic shifts. That order is about as likely to work as telling a kid to stop saying "six seven."

I'm in favor of legislation to stop the '67' craze

Just tell them they've lost the game.

If they ask what the rules of the game are, they've just lost again.

They didn't invent being deliberately obtuse.