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Google updates maps to show Lake America in the U.S. — but Canadians are now seeing it, too (www.cbc.ca)
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Some Canadian websites, including for the federal government, displayed maps with Lake Ontario renamed as Lake America on Sunday, a day after Google Maps announced the change to align with an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump.

This is why we need to use more open source stuff not tied to a closed US company like; Apple, Google, Microslop, Twitter, Meta, and whatever else.

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[–] 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Trump's EO only concerns federal documents. Google has zero need to go along with this shit. But of course, count on the fascist techno-bros to roll with anything Trump says or does to curry favors.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Google uses GNIS, fwiw, which was changed by Trump's EO. Still a good reason to ditch Google Maps, because it's clear they don't care enough to override that automatic change. On OSM, this would be up to the community.

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