Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.

• brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  IIRC it only shows up that way for US users.

  apparently that was either a lie or incomplete info

  Where’d you first hear this?

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  • MrBobDobalina@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I can confirm that it shows up as both for me. I’m not in US or Mexico, and it shows as “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”. The info I saw was that it shows as GoA in the US, GoM in Mexico, and both everywhere else. At least 2 of those are true, I’m guessing all 3 are

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    • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Same here in Canada where we are not supposed to be a part of this insanity

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  • ggppjj@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Reporting about how the maps team reclassified the US as a “sensitive country”, a la: cnbc.com/…/google-reclassifies-us-as-sensitive-co…

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