Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps

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• solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  i’m so fucking tired

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  • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    the media, including google, under a fascist regime is an outrage machine. its purpose is to manufacture consent through a mixture of frothing up the right wing base and wearing out the conscious. you are in an endurance race, not a sprint. when you are tired, it is time to rest. disengage from these media streams and do something small and meaningful to help someone

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    • solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      too right. i had disconnected from news completely for a while a week or two ago and the difference in my mental state was noticeable

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • Wogi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Im starting to understand John Coffey.

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• DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’ve not read the article, but checking this, it’s actually in the Dutch version as well… Bunch of fuckers.

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  • KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Same here

    1000009589

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• TomMasz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Collaborators.

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• collapse_already@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Why does it get more embarrassing to be an American every year?

  (Hypernormalization and resistance is futile)

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• mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  NOAA still not “up to date” as of today:

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  • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Their days are numbered. I’ll be surprised if they last to March.

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• Saleh@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think now is a good moment to switch to openstreetmap.org

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• kahdbrixk@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  In the German translation it still says “Golf von Mexiko (Golf von Amerika)”. But still crazy how only one American company seems to be necessary to integrate changes of that geographical magnitude. As dumb as it is, it gets done.

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  • markstos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There are other big players for maps that are less visible to end users.

    Esri is a GIS firm hired by governments at many levels for map tech.

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• Glifted@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Saw this bluesky Image

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• misk@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  So weird that they’re changing it for other countries like that since they follow local conventions in general. I hoped not to have to switch email providers but that’s the last Google bandaid to rip off. I wonder how long will it take for Apple to bow down.

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  • markstos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    From the article:

    “When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too,” Google said.

    Nothing exceptional is happening on Google’s end. They are following their policy on names as they have before.

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    • misk@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s demonstrably not true because Maps would be a mess if they followed this policy. Unless „vary between countries” means „vary between countries as long as one of them countries is US”.

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• m4xie@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The EU needs to pass a law about it appearing in brackets in their territories.

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It already does

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• prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Apple, USA:

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