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Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps (www.usatoday.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours 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.