technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoGoogle Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US governmentarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up1678arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1668arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US governmentarstechnica.comtechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square102linkfedilinkfile-text
Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoWeird. The local (german) version still shows as it should. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Edit: For now
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoThey’re only changing it in the US.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoWell… Not quite. For the Gulf of mexico it shows “Gulf of America” as a subtitle.
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoI believe that only applies to the Gulf of Mexico, though. EDIT: I was wrong, it turns out the US is supposed to see Lake America, Canada is supposed to see Lake Ontario, and the rest both.
Weird. The local (german) version still shows as it should. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Edit: For now
They’re only changing it in the US.
Well…
Not quite. For the Gulf of mexico it shows “Gulf of America” as a subtitle.
I believe that only applies to the Gulf of Mexico, though.
EDIT: I was wrong, it turns out the US is supposed to see Lake America, Canada is supposed to see Lake Ontario, and the rest both.