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Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users (www.ctvnews.ca)
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[–] 26 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Trump is not a king, and outside of the executive branch, his executive orders have no binding power.

Google et. al. Are, last I checked, not part of the executive branch, and are under no obligation to abide by Trump renaming bodies of water.

They're doing it because they want to. Because they know it will make Trump happy.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    It's the official GNIS name now, and is usually just piped into the maps. There aren't people actually deciding which names to use at Google, HERE, whatever, etc ... we just push sources in.

    They’re doing it because they want to. Because they know it will make Trump happy.

    sure, ok ... guess you know more than my 20+ years experience at a digital map company that actually taught google how to make their maps.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    Google deciding to continue using a dataset that has been completely captured by a megalomaniac at the head of an authoritarian regime is on them. I cannot stress enough that they do not have to use GNIS, as evidenced by all the other map apps that, y'know, don't.

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