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The OSM Community discusses the Trump Administration's renaming of "The Gulf of Mexico" to "The Gulf of America" (community.openstreetmap.org)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The problem they are addressing right now is that "Gulf of America" is not an equivalent name, as "Gulf of America" can and will only apply to the waters next to USA states, so it is a regional name, official or regular.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Hmm, right. This makes it somewhat more complicated. If this new name starts being used by many people and organizations, I suppose it would make sense to create a new place=sea boundary=maritime, but until then it'd be kind of stupid to pollute the map with a new entity just because it's in the official records.

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