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John Ternus Era at Apple Kicks Off With the Changing of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' (gizmodo.com)

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[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago* (2 children)

My Apple Maps still says Lake Ontario.

Edit: Nevermind, when you zoom in it changes to Lake America.

I rarely ever use Apple Maps, I guess I’ll be using Wayz and Mapquest from now on.

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[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

CoMaps is an open source option

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Waze also belongs to google and also uses GNIS data for place names in the US.

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