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Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' (www.cbc.ca)
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order directing the interior secretary to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America" as Canada trade war persists.

Trump cannot force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention, however.

The move is reminiscent of his move last year to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."

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[–] 6 points 4 days ago (1 child)

We have no assurances of that, and Google and Apple have no legal obligation to do this.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 days ago

    We have no assurances of anything in this life, but if I'm a betting man I put money on these stupid names being reverted when/if an adult is in the White House again.

    And unless you work for Google/Apple/Microsoft in the GIS departments, you really have no idea if they do or don't have legal obligation to pass through GNIS data.

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