What a great time to download Organic maps
It’s a massive upgrade in terms of aesthetics and privacy!
What a bunch of cucks! The billionaires have fully taken over!
They took it over from the millionaires!
and the trillionaires will soon take over!
That's a weird flex by South Canada.
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
This is the way.
(viewed from Canada)
Same in Europe
Same in a little bit to your west Europe.
Same, but in Japan.
What's that sucking sound?
Time for a repeat comment: Organic Maps does everything Google Maps does (except traffic conditions), and is FOSS. Please encourage places to contribute business information to Open Street Maps.
I'm all for swapping apps, but Organic Maps doesn't even have my home address. And I live in a major metropolitan area.
The change reflects Google's policy of adhering to official government names for geographical locations.
OK, so why am I seeing Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) from Canada?
Same here in Europe.
This is highly irregular for several reasons:
Google adheres to official government positions, yes, but as far as I'm aware the American government hasn't made the name change official yet. Members of the government have said that they'd do this, but I don't think this idea has passed any process yet. So then why is Google "updated" their maps?
When Google adheres to official government positions, they are local. In example, when you're in China and look up Taiwan, it'll appear as part of China. In other countries it'll appear as either an independent country or a disputed territory, depending on that government's official position on the matter. What we DON'T see is something like "Taiwan (China)", as Google supposedly has no intention on forcing the policies of one government upon another government, and as far as I'm aware the rest of the world hasn't agreed to changing The Gulf of Mexico to The Gulf of America.
If anyone's interested, here's what it looks like in Europe. The good news: this is the first time I've had to use Google Maps in a loooong time (ignoring embedded maps in other sites). OpenStreetMap is wonderful and there are some superb apps powered by it, including the ever-excellent Organic Maps.
If Justin Trudeau gets active on this, you can probably get it to Gulf of Canada (Gulf of Mexico) (Gulf of America).
This whole thing is extremely cringe. There isn’t any other way to put it. Trump. His executive order. The compliance. It’s all cringe.
Had to check.
Slowly working towards a viable OpenStreetMap in my area. If you want to help, you can make a free account and begin editing: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new
You can also contribute on mobile by using Street Complete or any number of great mobile apps that allow limited editing and full map features like Organic Maps
Edit: I didn't know about Vespucci, which is a full-featured OSM editor for Android. Thanks, @onyxjet@lemmy.world
Also be sure to check out !open_street_maps@lemmy.world
Did the same in my area. The roads are good, but the businesses are either missing or outdated. I probably added 100 over the last few months.
It's kinds fun! When I go out, I check OM and see what's missing, take some pictures, and then go edit a bunch of stuff that night. It doesn't take long, and I feel like it's worth my time.
Vespucci is also full editor for android.
There is also Go Map! A primary editor for IOS.
Every door is a mobile editor that allows you to add new things and edit existing ones.
ID is the main OpenStreetMap website editor.
Rapid, essentially just ID but with a special edition of automatic building suggestions and such or what they call mapwithai.
JOSM a full on editor for desktop, does everything ID or Rapid can do and a whole lot more. Its more of an advanced editor.
Did not know about Street Complete. Thanks for the recommendation!
Apple Maps currently shows it as Gulf of Mexico, fwiw.
Huh, do they really change names of international things when only one party says so?
Denali/McKinely is one thing, it's part of the US. But the Gulf of Mexico is a mix of US, Mexico, Cuba, and international waters. I wonder what they show Google Maps users who are in Mexico.
They have clear rules for contested areas... that they follow in an as clear way as their user support rules.
Also, report an error to google maps:
It reads: I read "Gulf of America". That must be a mistake.
I mean Google's a huge pushover anyway. Who cares what they think.
Interesting discussion about this on the OpenStreetMap forums.
The resolution is introducing "official_name" tags, referencing "en_us", because "en" is not just the U.S.:
https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571/11
So when OsmAnd or OrganicMaps start to support them, maybe your locale settings will change the displayed name there as well.
Current description of that node: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/305639190/history/80
So maybe that could be a reason for everyone around the world to stop using en_US locale settings. XD
Send a complaint through the site. Flood them with complaints about how they are an evil corporation licking Trump's boot and that it's the Gulf of Mexico.
Don't let these damn corporations win.
You do you, but that is literally yelling at a cloud.
Stop using Google services altogether, delete your accounts. Block ads. That's the only way to cost them some pennies.
Apple still has it as Gulf of Mexico.
I'm currently in France, this is what I see on Google maps
Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)
What a f*cking joke 😂
Maps.me shows the real name
As does mappy.cz
Cool.
In not at all related news disabling Google maps on your Android device can often be a source of delight! I never knew how capable organic maps was and it has a very nice auto integration.
I’m in the process of migrating my saved locations and addresses to Organic Maps. Bye Google.
Next president, assuming there is one, will just change it back to repair relations with our allies.
Even if it never gets changed back, it'll be a generation before people actually start calling it that. No one alive now is going to give a fuck about the Gulf of America or call it that.
Hey conservatives, not that you're intelligent enough to figure out how to get on Lemmy, but if by some miracle one of you reads this, why is Trump doing this and floating invading our allies and annexing their territories instead of lowering the price of groceries as promised on day 1?
This is stupid! I see both names displayed, at least. But still stupid.
I'm gonna start creating new pubs, bars and so on, everywhere I go, and call them Trump's Mexican Deli, Donnie & Elon's vacancy hotel, and so on. Please contribute (use an alternative google account)
Hum... Did they change the name of the North-America's South-West like the Mexico president requested too?
Would be shame if google are snowed under with reports the name is wrong :-)
They are coming for our freedom fries next.
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