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[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee -4 points 4 days ago

No one here is on Trump's side, so I'm not defending Google, but it is common parlance to refer to the government of a nation as "the state" even when the nation has no states.

[-] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 days ago

They have a separate category for national parks. This is specifically referring to sub-national governments.

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

Cool but provincial parks are not run by the state. National parks are. Try pushing the narrative for Google and trump somewhere else.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

Except we had terms prior for google and openmaps to consider actual state vs province because provinces are a different type of designation in a country. I.e. Canada has provinces and territories, and are not fully autonomous like a state. This is google purposely changing a system to suit US use, while other map systems maintain the preestablish parlance.

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