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Mexico asks Google to reject U.S. renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. (for this community, why is Google the defacto authority here?) (www.thecentersquare.com)

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter asking Google to reject the U.S. decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on its mapping service.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Google still puts my map in miles and gives gas prices in gallons.... I am in Canada where we use neither.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Might be worth checking if you have this set to automatic and override if it still gives you trouble. I assume it could pulling your location imprecisely enough (due to border traffic as well) but that’s whole another issue without a good solution.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I change it, but then half the time when it updates I am back in the silly units. I should really look for another map program

[-] MoondropLight 2 points 4 months ago

Try organic maps! It's based on open street map data and doesn't track you.

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