technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGoogle Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US governmentarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up1679arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1669arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US governmentarstechnica.comtechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square102linkfedilinkfile-text
Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThey’re only changing it in the US.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWell… Not quite. For the Gulf of mexico it shows “Gulf of America” as a subtitle.
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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.
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.