Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps
After announcing it would be renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Google has officially changed on its Maps application.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25416580
Saw this on bluesky
i'm so fucking tired
the media, including google, under a fascist regime is an outrage machine. its purpose is to manufacture consent through a mixture of frothing up the right wing base and wearing out the conscious. you are in an endurance race, not a sprint. when you are tired, it is time to rest. disengage from these media streams and do something small and meaningful to help someone
Im starting to understand John Coffey.
Why does it get more embarrassing to be an American every year?
(Hypernormalization and resistance is futile)
I think now is a good moment to switch to openstreetmap.org
Apple, USA:
I've not read the article, but checking this, it's actually in the Dutch version as well... Bunch of fuckers.
Here in Sweden as well. Reported an issue with "extra text after "Gulf of Mexico" that should not be there".
Yeah, I just left a review saying I don't want American Trump propaganda in my apps, and then just 'deleted' (sort of) the thing. Getting rid of Google entirely is going to be difficult, though.
Same here
Collaborators.
NOAA still not "up to date" as of today:
Their days are numbered. I'll be surprised if they last to March.
So weird that they’re changing it for other countries like that since they follow local conventions in general. I hoped not to have to switch email providers but that’s the last Google bandaid to rip off. I wonder how long will it take for Apple to bow down.
From the article:
“When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too,” Google said.
Nothing exceptional is happening on Google’s end. They are following their policy on names as they have before.
In the German translation it still says "Golf von Mexiko (Golf von Amerika)". But still crazy how only one American company seems to be necessary to integrate changes of that geographical magnitude. As dumb as it is, it gets done.
There are other big players for maps that are less visible to end users.
Esri is a GIS firm hired by governments at many levels for map tech.
The EU needs to pass a law about it appearing in brackets in their territories.
It already does
