• Bwaz@lemmy.world
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    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.

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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?

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    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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    9 hours ago

    Cancun Texas! Have you guys been? Its beautiful! Just a short flight across the golf of America and located in southflorida…Flucatan.

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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

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    Genuinely curious… How does Google handle other oceanic naming that isn’t agreed upon Worldwide?

    Google Maps view of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica

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      Generally, Google shows the appropriate name based upon where you are located. So for everyone outside of 'murica, it’s still the Gulf of Mexico.

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      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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        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

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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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      I’m in Canada, and Google maps shows me the same as what you are seeing.

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        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.

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        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.

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        You might be interested in Magic Earth it is also built on OpenStreetMap but includes crowdsourced traffic data. If you are in a big city then it’s likely they have good data for your area.

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      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.

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    I’m in the process of migrating my saved locations and addresses to Organic Maps. Bye Google.

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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.

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