After announcing it would be renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Google has officially changed on its Maps application.
  • cmhe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    12 days ago

    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

  • Laser@lemmy.caEnglish
    895·
    12 days ago

    What a bunch of cucks! The billionaires have fully taken over!

  • Bwaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    11 days ago

    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.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    12 days ago

    And you’ll see Amerida right at the bottom of the picture, that’s the capital of Floricatan in the country of America… Have you guys noticed how our country’s name is not America? I would be a fucking retard if I named something “of America” when my country’s name isn’t America. As an example, all Mexican coins say “estados unidos mexicanos” or something like that. But the country is Mexico. Mexico is in America, but they don’t say “mexico of America”, because they are not fucking retarded.

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      12 days ago

      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.

      • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        Report an issue through the base report feature

        Open maps > your profile picture > last option on the list

        You can directly reference and include a screenshot of the map

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    12 days ago

    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?

  • marcos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    12 days ago

    Hum… Did they change the name of the North-America’s South-West like the Mexico president requested too?

    • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      12 days ago

      Bingo.

      Imagine getting every “alpha male” 2A nutjob violent conservative to realize who their actual enemy is.

      We’d get some actual positive change in an extremely short period of time.

      • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        12 days ago

        Also a great choice. I prefer organic maps for a variety of reasons (like ability to contribute to the maps), but a lot of people prefer OsmAnd. They are both very good.

      • oxf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        OsmAnd is the Swiss army knife of Open Street Map frontends, but as I’m sure you’ll agree on (if you’ve used it), it can be a bit of a headache setting it up, as well as getting familiar with it.

        Organic Maps caters more to people seeking a pure alternative to Google/Apple Maps. It’s the layman’s alternative.

        If you’re a poweruser, and already familiar with OsmAnd, there’s no point in switching. But in terms of getting other, non tech savvy, people to switch, it’s a great recommendation!

      • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
        4·
        12 days ago

        Organic Maps has fewer features and settings, a more stripped-down user interface, and concentrates on what most people use the most (find an address, navigate to it).
        It is also much, much faster than OsmAnd.
        Personally, I find OsmAnd too slow and clunky, and Organic Maps a bit too basic.
        But I prefer Organic Maps 95% of the time.