fluxcap@lemmy.world to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml · 5 days agoHere is another reason Google is terrible.lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square232fedilinkarrow-up1942
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minus-squareHomesnatch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 days agoThat is how it has always worked. Most of the rest of the world sees Gulf of Mexico and will see Lake Ontario. There are a lot more disputed and conflicting geographical names than these two. Google has a system in place that aligns naming by country.
minus-squareNangijala@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 days agoI’m in Denmark and Google maps has Gulf of America in parenthesis. Lake Ontario is still just Lake Ontario, though.
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoIn Canada, they put Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)
That is how it has always worked. Most of the rest of the world sees Gulf of Mexico and will see Lake Ontario.
There are a lot more disputed and conflicting geographical names than these two. Google has a system in place that aligns naming by country.
I’m in Denmark and Google maps has Gulf of America in parenthesis. Lake Ontario is still just Lake Ontario, though.
google maps, australia
In Canada, they put
Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)