mkhopper comments on The Gulf of America today, in a country where they believe climate change doesn't exist.

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[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Hasn't happened yet, but I'm waiting to see how long it takes Google to make the change in Maps.

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[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Wonder what happens in google maps if viewed outside of the us? Since my country is not changing the name.

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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago

I suspect it'll remain the gulf of Mexico. Google displays maps in local languages based on your IP, so I assume they'd use the name your country accepts. If you log in from Japan you see the sea of Japan to the west, but if you log in from Korea it's called the east sea

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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Imma call it the Gulf of Hispaniola to really confuse the matter.

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[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago

There's a discussion about this at openstreetmaps.

Presumably at Wikipedia also.

Determining what things are named is complex.

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