This whole thing is extremely cringe. There isn’t any other way to put it. Trump. His executive order. The compliance. It’s all cringe.
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Next president, assuming there is one, will just change it back to repair relations with our allies.
Even if it never gets changed back, it'll be a generation before people actually start calling it that. No one alive now is going to give a fuck about the Gulf of America or call it that.
Hey conservatives, not that you're intelligent enough to figure out how to get on Lemmy, but if by some miracle one of you reads this, why is Trump doing this and floating invading our allies and annexing their territories instead of lowering the price of groceries as promised on day 1?
You eat your Freedom Fries and you like it
What a great time to download Organic maps
It’s a massive upgrade in terms of aesthetics and privacy!
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Time for a repeat comment: Organic Maps does everything Google Maps does (except traffic conditions), and is FOSS. Please encourage places to contribute business information to Open Street Maps.
I'm all for swapping apps, but Organic Maps doesn't even have my home address. And I live in a major metropolitan area.
Add it to OSM?
That solves the problem this time, but it doesn't help if I'm trying to navigate somewhere new.
If it doesn't have the address for a 30-year-old house in a major metropolitan area, then I just don't think it's a viable replacement for Google Maps, unfortunately.
Every time I try to navigate to an address that's missing in OSM, I just navigate to the nearest one instead. It's not a big deal.
And when I have 5 minutes of free time, I add the address.
That's how OSM works. There isn't a dev or company to blame, you can literally fix the missing data yourself. And that's the only way it works.
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I just tried it and found three dealbreakers instantly.
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It doesn't have my address (I know I could add it but who knows what else it's missing)
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It couldn't find any public transport routes in my area
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There is no satellite view
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That's a weird flex by South Canada.
What a bunch of cucks! The billionaires have fully taken over!
Using google maps from Australia it's labelled like "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"
I think the Australian government should call it "gulf of not Australia" and see if google adds another title.
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
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Interesting discussion about this on the OpenStreetMap forums.
The resolution is introducing "official_name" tags, referencing "en_us", because "en" is not just the U.S.:
https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571/11
So when OsmAnd or OrganicMaps start to support them, maybe your locale settings will change the displayed name there as well.
Current description of that node: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/305639190/history/80
So maybe that could be a reason for everyone around the world to stop using en_US locale settings. XD
Also, report an error to google maps:
It reads: I read "Gulf of America". That must be a mistake.
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(viewed from Canada)
Same in Europe
Same in a little bit to your west Europe.
Same, but in Japan.
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The change reflects Google's policy of adhering to official government names for geographical locations.
OK, so why am I seeing Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) from Canada?
Same here in Europe.
This is highly irregular for several reasons:
Google adheres to official government positions, yes, but as far as I'm aware the American government hasn't made the name change official yet. Members of the government have said that they'd do this, but I don't think this idea has passed any process yet. So then why is Google "updated" their maps?
When Google adheres to official government positions, they are local. In example, when you're in China and look up Taiwan, it'll appear as part of China. In other countries it'll appear as either an independent country or a disputed territory, depending on that government's official position on the matter. What we DON'T see is something like "Taiwan (China)", as Google supposedly has no intention on forcing the policies of one government upon another government, and as far as I'm aware the rest of the world hasn't agreed to changing The Gulf of Mexico to The Gulf of America.
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If Justin Trudeau gets active on this, you can probably get it to Gulf of Canada (Gulf of Mexico) (Gulf of America).
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What's that sucking sound?
Well. O. K. Then it's my not the 'USA" that did this anymore. It's to be called "North Mexico" now. Fair's fair.
Had to check.
Slowly working towards a viable OpenStreetMap in my area. If you want to help, you can make a free account and begin editing: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new
You can also contribute on mobile by using Street Complete or any number of great mobile apps that allow limited editing and full map features like Organic Maps
Edit: I didn't know about Vespucci, which is a full-featured OSM editor for Android. Thanks, @onyxjet@lemmy.world
Also be sure to check out !open_street_maps@lemmy.world
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I'm currently in France, this is what I see on Google maps
Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)
What a f*cking joke 😂
Maps.me shows the real name
As does mappy.cz
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Huh, do they really change names of international things when only one party says so?
Denali/McKinely is one thing, it's part of the US. But the Gulf of Mexico is a mix of US, Mexico, Cuba, and international waters. I wonder what they show Google Maps users who are in Mexico.
They have clear rules for contested areas... that they follow in an as clear way as their user support rules.
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Apple Maps currently shows it as Gulf of Mexico, fwiw.
I’m in the process of migrating my saved locations and addresses to Organic Maps. Bye Google.
Send a complaint through the site. Flood them with complaints about how they are an evil corporation licking Trump's boot and that it's the Gulf of Mexico.
Don't let these damn corporations win.
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Cool.
In not at all related news disabling Google maps on your Android device can often be a source of delight! I never knew how capable organic maps was and it has a very nice auto integration.
Would be shame if google are snowed under with reports the name is wrong :-)
Just tried: the 'report an issue'/'suggest an edit' button doesn't appear when The Gulf of Mexico is selected.
It does for other locations, but not for the Gulf.
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I mean Google's a huge pushover anyway. Who cares what they think.
Apple still has it as Gulf of Mexico.
Genuinely curious... How does Google handle other oceanic naming that isn't agreed upon Worldwide?
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