Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates
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In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.
    • Rachelhazideas@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I know it’s not deliberate, but phrases like ‘spineless pussies’ are why women don’t feel welcome on lemmy.

      Is lemmy truly a left-leaning platform? Or is it yet another tech-bro circlejerk that cares more about the aesthetics of inclusivity? You all can’t have your cake and it eat it too.

  • T00l_shed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Here google. It’s correct here. Nothing to change.

    E: i love the DV, denying geography lol

  • merde alors@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    ☞ https://www.openstreetmap.org/

    https://f-droid.org/packages/app.organicmaps/ or https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps

    Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists. It uses crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data and is developed with love by the community. No ads, no tracking, no data collection, no crapware.

    https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/ or https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand

    This project aims at providing comfortable map viewing and navigation (routing) application for mobile devices. Particular stress lies with complete offline features (via pre-loaded offline map data) or economic internet usage.

    https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/akylas.alpi.maps or https://github.com/Akylas/alpimaps

    Alpi Maps is a map application to help you prepare and enjoy your hike! Get all the info you need before you go, then enjoy all the data offline during your hike.
      • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Magic Earth is proprietary, though. You can believe their privacy policy, but I have trouble believing any privacy policy if I can’t see the source code.

        • SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          4 months ago

          For anyone wondering “where do they get their money?”

          It’s from businesses who buy their SDK. They (allegedly) don’t sell any of your data

          Magic Earth is free for all our end-users but we also have a paid Magic Earth SDK for business partners. For instance Selectric.de (a supplier for navigation solutions for ambulances and fire trucks), Smarter AI (developing ADAS systems) or Absolute Cycling (using the platform on bicycles). For more info on the SDK, you can check magiclane.com.

          Bottom of their faq

          I haven’t been able to test it out yet, but it seems pretty decent

    • hash@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Hijacking this to plug contributing to OSM. Improving your local area is very rewarding and can pair well with some youtube binging. Take a look at your city and see if there are things you’re interested in working on.

      • ick@infosec.pubEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I am using Magic Earth for navigation. Any recommended companion iOS apps for contributing to OSM?

      • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nlEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Except when it is frustrating and continually tries to send you through tiny “technically paved” service roads so you know anyone unfamiliar to the area would risk car damage because there is no way to mark a road as “low priority” or “only use if you live on that road”.

        Street complete is very awesome though! Especially for updating local businesses.

        • goldfndr@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Are you referring to smoothness=bad or a narrow width? (I’m guessing you’ve been using StreetComplete to specify each.)

          • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nlEnglish
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            4 months ago

            Holy shit, I never found smoothness in the OSM editor. Does that actually effect routing priority?

            That might be a game changer for making my local area much better on OSM.

    • mortimer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I used Organic Maps on my CalyxOS phone a few days ago to navigate a 200 mile car drive home to the Scottish Highlands, and it worked flawlessly. The first 50 miles were through parts of Fife that I was not familiar with. I left it on for the rest of the journey just to track my progress and test it out. Very impressed with it. Maps are detailed and downloaded to the device for offline use. I’ve finally managed to deGoogle my life completely and will never use another Google product or service again.

        • mortimer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          I have my own website account for personal stuff, and all the other stuff that was going to my Gmail account is being redirected now to Disroot.org where I’m slowly changing the address over for each mail that comes in. I know Disroot is probably not the best, but it was free, had POP3 and IMAP support (I use IMAP on my phone and POP3 on my desktop) and it’s not used for anything too important.

    • joostjakob@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      OpenStreetMap also needs to deal with this kind of thing. In this case, several people already tried to add it to the map in some form of other, but generally not as something to actually be shown. There is a looong discussion about it here https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571 . General opinion is that it is (or will be) “the official name that the US says it has”. In OSM you can invent tags for anything, so an object can have many names. Done like this, anyone using the data can still choose to give precedence to any “official US names that are not in common use yet”. Later it may be upgraded ased on if it becomes a common alternative name, just in the US, or maybe beyond. All those options can have their own special tag. And only very motivated data users will ever show it to map users. But if you do a search for Gulf of America, you will be able to find it.

        • bamboo@lemm.eeEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Actually I think this is a pretty common thing. I know several people who use iPhones and other Apple products specifically to avoid the google alternatives.

  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Why not change it back to “Freedom Fries” while you’re doing dumb shit? Gives us something to laugh about for the next 20 years at least.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Google added that the name Gulf of Mexico will remain displayed for users in Mexico. Users in other countries will see both names, the company said.

      Yeah. “Both Names” for other countries is a bit lame but better than just Gulf of America everywhere.

      The Denali / McKinley thing is pretty awful though. I hadn’t realised Trump had changed that too.

  • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Any chance there’s a place we could all start submitting bug reports about the incorrectly named body of water? Once the change goes into effect we should post that everywhere and see if we can swamp Google.

    • 667@lemmy.radioEnglish
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      4 months ago

      They’ll regex those bug reports so fast it won’t even matter.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I have a tiny penis. But I know a guy who has my real penis. I call his penis my penis. Trust me guys, its big!