technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US governmentarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square101linkfedilinkarrow-up1678arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1667arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US governmentarstechnica.comtechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square101linkfedilinkfile-text
Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWeird. The local (german) version still shows as it should. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Edit: For now
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThey’re only changing it in the US.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWell… Not quite. For the Gulf of mexico it shows “Gulf of America” as a subtitle.
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI 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.
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.
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.