• BossDj@lemm.ee
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    15 hours ago

    They also changed gulf of Mexico officially to gulf of America in Maps

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      5 hours ago

      Just a note to add here. Bing maps does exist. And they haven’t followed this insanity. (so far)

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      14 hours ago

      How dumb. Seriously how fucking dumb do you have to be to go along with something that is so juvenile and stupid. Everything about it is dumb.

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        14 hours ago

        They’ve done this for every disputed area around the world for a long time. Depending on where you’re logging in from you’ll see a different locale.

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          13 hours ago

          I see “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)” in Canada which is fucking stupid. Nobody outside of the US recognises “Gulf of America”

          • BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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            11 hours ago

            Basically nobody in the US recognizes Gulf of America either.

            I mean, most people could probably figure it out by deduction, but nobody is going to point right to it on a map.

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            7 hours ago

            Another user just replied to me confirming they show a hybrid label for it. It’s also kind of general knowledge for anyone who has consumed their Maps API. Lmk if you need links.