>So far, the Lake Ontario relation (1206310) as well as at least one other nearby feature has already had its name=* changed once, though it was swiftly reverted and changed to official_name:en-US=* instead, which is the current status quo as of this writing.
After he's gone we're going to see endless blog posts of the form 'Standing up to those guys inside company X' from execs trying to rehab themselves for rushing to comply with every stupid directive to come out of the White House.
There won't be because such a thing does not exist. I do not understand why people think that anyone controls what a body of water is called by individual countries.
Yeah, but in the same vein, a) countries are just a collection of people and b) Google's a private company, they can put whatever labels they want on their maps.
If the US admin decided to officially rename every road in the country to "America Street" and every lake in the world to "Lake America", everyone, including Google, would ignore that.
Can't wait for the Canadians trolling back by declaring that they will rename Florida to "Punkeydoodles two" and the Fifth avenue to "Woodchuck street" in each official map printed in Canada.
As dumb as the renaming is to begin with, it feels like making this your hill to die on would also be pretty dumb, no? It's fairly inconsequential in the end.
Who’s dying on this hill? This “just let this go cause it’s inconsequential” attitude is exactly the attrition that emboldens and underpins the current shift towards facsism. Death of a thousand cuts.
Opposing imperialistic rhetoric is a dumb hill to die on? If a person does not oppose fascist language, I have no faith that they will oppose fascist actions.
There’s no way it relies on them. Google Maps wouldn’t go down if the register got pulled. They have made a policy decision to follow those registries.
Here is a thread about how OpenStreetMaps handled it: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/lake-ontario-lake-amer...
>So far, the Lake Ontario relation (1206310) as well as at least one other nearby feature has already had its name=* changed once, though it was swiftly reverted and changed to official_name:en-US=* instead, which is the current status quo as of this writing.
After he's gone we're going to see endless blog posts of the form 'Standing up to those guys inside company X' from execs trying to rehab themselves for rushing to comply with every stupid directive to come out of the White House.
This will still work (it’s just funny)
https://www.reddit.com/r/technicallythetruth/comments/vd5j87...
I wish there were a toggle on google maps to show the internationally accepted names for these bodies of water.
There won't be because such a thing does not exist. I do not understand why people think that anyone controls what a body of water is called by individual countries.
Yeah, but in the same vein, a) countries are just a collection of people and b) Google's a private company, they can put whatever labels they want on their maps.
If the US admin decided to officially rename every road in the country to "America Street" and every lake in the world to "Lake America", everyone, including Google, would ignore that.
Related:
How the GNIS Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495947
Can't wait for the Canadians trolling back by declaring that they will rename Florida to "Punkeydoodles two" and the Fifth avenue to "Woodchuck street" in each official map printed in Canada.
As dumb as the renaming is to begin with, it feels like making this your hill to die on would also be pretty dumb, no? It's fairly inconsequential in the end.
Who’s dying on this hill? This “just let this go cause it’s inconsequential” attitude is exactly the attrition that emboldens and underpins the current shift towards facsism. Death of a thousand cuts.
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Opposing imperialistic rhetoric is a dumb hill to die on? If a person does not oppose fascist language, I have no faith that they will oppose fascist actions.
If it’s inconsequential then why not ignore it and stick with the real name?
Because their whole system relies on national registries of place names, and the US national registry of place names renamed this place.
There’s no way it relies on them. Google Maps wouldn’t go down if the register got pulled. They have made a policy decision to follow those registries.