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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

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Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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