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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cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1485960

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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[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

That sounds like a problem with your phone, not Google. It should absolutely be localized to c/ltr and kmph

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Well its been doing this for the last 4 or so phones now. I think its more an issue of it geolocating me to the States sometimes. Its more an annoyance at this point.

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