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Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps

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Re: Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps

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Post by Marsymars »

sixtyj wrote: post #11
c0nducktr wrote: post #5

I had been waiting to see when Google and Apple maps will make this change. I believe both now do this "Gulf of Mexico -> America" rename, however I found that Comaps (which I learned about from someone on HN, shoutout to whoever that was) never did. I'm not sure how they decide on names, but it seems better than leaving it up to whatever the POTUS feels like at the moment. If Trump renamed the state of NY to New Tru…

In Google Maps app (non-American version) it is already visible as “Lake Ontario (Lake America)”. Also Mapy.com has dual names. Canadian-American border cuts the lake so dual name is obvious as Canada doesn’t have any intention to rename it. Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) is the same situation. USA is the only country who changed the name so… The other situation could be with cities or counties that are inside US t…

> In Google Maps app (non-American version) it is already visible as “Lake Ontario (Lake America)”. Also Mapy.com has dual names.

In Canada I'm seeing simply "Lake Ontario" still.

Re: Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps

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Post by cyanydeez »

dataflow wrote: post #29

Anyone else worried that the next president (even Democrat, if they manage to get one) may well let some of the name changes be?

Least of the worries. Punishing and removing nazis in their deep state is a bit higher up

Re: Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps

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Post by kalleboo »

nmeagent wrote: post #20

Hey Google. Why would I ever choose to use a product administered by such abject cowards?

What else are you going to use? Apple Maps? They're going to do the same thing. OpenStreetMaps? They don't have navigation. Waze? Got bought up by Google.

Re: Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps

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Post by wat10000 »

dataflow wrote: post #29

Anyone else worried that the next president (even Democrat, if they manage to get one) may well let some of the name changes be?

I worry that the next president isn’t going to lead a charge to codify limits on the power of the presidency, that zero real lessons will be learned and we’ll continue to arrange vast swathes of the system to rely on the good faith of a single person.

The name change isn’t the problem. The problem is that it was even possible in the first place by just the whim of one person.

Re: Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps

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Post by wat10000 »

sixtyj wrote: post #11
c0nducktr wrote: post #5

I had been waiting to see when Google and Apple maps will make this change. I believe both now do this "Gulf of Mexico -> America" rename, however I found that Comaps (which I learned about from someone on HN, shoutout to whoever that was) never did. I'm not sure how they decide on names, but it seems better than leaving it up to whatever the POTUS feels like at the moment. If Trump renamed the state of NY to New Tru…

In Google Maps app (non-American version) it is already visible as “Lake Ontario (Lake America)”. Also Mapy.com has dual names. Canadian-American border cuts the lake so dual name is obvious as Canada doesn’t have any intention to rename it. Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) is the same situation. USA is the only country who changed the name so… The other situation could be with cities or counties that are inside US t…

It should be noted that the name change in 1949 was done by an act of Congress, whereas the recent name was just an executive order, which has the same legal force as me scribbling on a piece of paper. The official legal name remains the Department of Defense and that’s what everyone ought to continue calling until and unless Congress passes a law to rename it.

Re: Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps

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Post by jsbisviewtiful »

kalleboo wrote: post #33
nmeagent wrote: post #20

Hey Google. Why would I ever choose to use a product administered by such abject cowards?

What else are you going to use? Apple Maps? They're going to do the same thing. OpenStreetMaps? They don't have navigation. Waze? Got bought up by Google.

Organic Maps is an open sourced mapping service with turn by turn.

Re: Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps

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Post by skeledrew »

sidibe wrote: post #9

This is pathetic and embarrassing by Google. They're going to hide behind some corporate policy if criticized, but it's so cowardly, there wouldn't have been any consequences for ignoring it

They could get blacklisted like Anthropic. Or... something. Carrot top will always find a way to express his displeasure.

Re: Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps

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Post by tomjakubowski »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #14

It should be Lake America (Lake Ontario) in America and Lake Ontario elsewhere. Blindly relying on GNIS is silly, particularly when that dependency is forced on users. (Also, what fucking law exempts GNIS edits from the APA? Can a Democrat President just rename everything in every red state to random strings?)

For others who didn't know, the APA is the Administrative Procedure Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Procedure_Act
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