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Google Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US government (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/gestapo_usa@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Google Map alternatives:

https://gisgeography.com/google-maps-alternatives/

Note: Waze, though owned by Google, still shows Lake Ontario. Edit: Oops, let me update. Yup, still Lake Ontario.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Another one that seems good is Magic Earth. It has decent navigation and traffic data, and claims to respect privacy.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Recommend CoMaps; free and open source and privacy focused. Uses the same OpenStreetMaps data as OSM,.I just like the CoMaps interface more.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I'm using OsmAnd, but AFAIK only the first few map downloads for offline use are free. Not sure exactly, because I never hit the limit.

[–] QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

I didn't see it listed out, but cartes.app has been the best Google Maps alternative that I've found. It has a familiar interface and features that Google Maps users are used to.

It's open source and uses data from OpenStreetMap.

Additionally CoMaps is great for offline maps driving/directions.