technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoGoogle Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US governmentarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1590arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1583arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US governmentarstechnica.comtechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square81linkfedilinkfile-text
Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 hours agoWeird. The local (german) version still shows as it should. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Edit: For now
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoThey’re only changing it in the US.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoWell… Not quite. For the Gulf of mexico it shows “Gulf of America” as a subtitle.
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoI believe that only applies to the Gulf of Mexico, though.
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.