Yeah there's quite a lot of region management going on now. These companies need to meet data residency and other regional laws/requirements, and they do this pretty naively. You can bypass a lot by VPNing in to whatever country most aligns with your values.

For a day or so it showed "Lake Ontario (Lake America)" for me

Edit: now it's back to Lake Ontario

Ya, long gone are the "Don't be Evil" days. Now it's "Don't! Be Evil!"

They didn't fold, Google is a maga company

I never thought you might need a vpn just to get around region-locked world maps, yet here we are.

Pretty sure it's all just automated; maps pulls in data from "verified providers" for new roads, buildings, etc. They used to do all the work but that doesn't scale and it's hard to discover building renames, etc. So they built the infra to allow verified parties to push changes. I used to work with HERE's map databases (competitor) and also spent some time at Google, but not on the maps team.

Yup, for the states. If you access it from elsewhere it hasn't changed.. at least not yet. I guess google doesn't want to anger Sir Shitsalot.

For people in the states? It hasn't changed for me.

Google isn't the good guys so I'm not surprised..

And yet Google folded like a cheap suit and have already renamed it in google earth before the sharpie ink was dry.

You know, now that you mention it, I think there was a flyer dropped off at my house maybe a week ago for some kind of landscaping or roofing service. Maybe it was T&J? I just basically knee-jerk chucked it in the gray box so I can't remember. But it could be a concerned citizen in the neighbourhood was trying to warn us all? I love this town!

Ha! Alas, it's just your typical Kingston residential street. Not even the worst I ride on every day. sigh Mind you, I don't know who the city contracts for roadwork. For all I know, they could be involved?

Was this a T & J Landscaping patch job. If so, the critique is spot on.

There is a story here...

It is Wednesday, my dudes! Come on out to the Legion on Montreal St, 6-9pm, for Nerd Game Night. Board games and TCGs, and there will be a D&D campaign.

The legion has a cash bar and a kitchen.

Hope.to see you there!

Thanks for the tip!

No idea, sorry. But if you're ever in Toronto (or London ON, I think), you'd probably like Tilt