▲ 667 ▼ Google Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US government (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 month ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 102 comments fedilink hide all child comments Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.
[–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 2 points 1 month ago (2 children) They're only changing it in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Well... Not quite. For the Gulf of mexico it shows "Gulf of America" as a subtitle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 1 point 1 month ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Well... Not quite. For the Gulf of mexico it shows "Gulf of America" as a subtitle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 1 point 1 month ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 1 point 1 month ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent