Comment on In light of recent events, here's OpenStreetMap editors discussing naming of the Gulf of Mexico

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perviouslyiner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

The name itself can’t really change in OSM because it’s based on what someone “on the ground” would see, i.e. street signs, etc.

Previous OSM naming conflicts have usually been areas of disputed land where some group de-facto controls the land and therefore the street signs, and their name is used.

That’s not going to work very well for a region of mostly international waters with several countries putting up their own signs to it.

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