I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
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I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot Only in the US, and showing local labels is probably appropriate.
Internationally, it shows the generally recognized label first (Mexico) and the disputed label (America) in parenthesis after.
I hate this, too, but it's how it's usually done. Place names are in dispute all the time.
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@DemocracyMattersALot
Not in my Apple or Google Maps in Europe. It’s GoM (GoA) in both.@z @DemocracyMattersALot Same from Apple Maps in Canada.
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I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot I find it weird to have assumptions that big business DOESN’T kiss the ring.
Only Americans think like that. Is weird, and history proves it wrong. Every time.
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I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot another reason to use OpenStreetMap
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I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
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This is Apple from Europe -
I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot MapQuest, GuruMaps, and Sygic all show the Gulf of Mexico.
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I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot I miss the time when you could add a review on Google Maps of anything... like review a whole continent. Someone's review of Asia:
»It was pretty neat but way bigger than I expected. I didn't have time to see it all in my stop-over flight. Also a bit too spicy, but not bad. (3 stars)«
Otherwise: »The Gulf of Mexico is a great Gulf because of cool places like Mexico and Cuba, but unfortunately so much noise and smell from adjacent USA area (3 stars)«
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I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
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@DemocracyMattersALot another reason to use OpenStreetMap
@jay9 @DemocracyMattersALot osm.org has different names for that node: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/305639190
Editwar inclusive.
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I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
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@silent_john @DemocracyMattersALot Yes but then:
* When you're inside the USA and you look at the map, show "Gulf of America". USA do USA, see if I care.
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* When you're outside the USA, accept that the USA has no, ZERO, jurisdiction over the naming of international bodies of water. It's Gulf of Mexico OR whatever it's called in the local language, e.g. in The Netherlands you might see "Golf van Mexico".
@rozeboosje @DemocracyMattersALot localization should be a thing. It depends on what your local government accepts as "truth". Simply flipping your VPN also might not reveal the correct answer, as you might have cached tiles, etc...
My point is, no matter how stupid the decision to change the name is, it *is* an officially recognized name change.
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@robinadams @DemocracyMattersALot #alt4U
The above post includes a screenshot of a tweet from the @MapQuest account from social media platform, "X" (formerly Twitter before a shithead bought it and broke it), that reads:
"fyi MapQuest is NOT renaming the Gulf of Mexico - not because of politics but because we haven't updated our maps in like 15 years and don't remember how to do it" -
I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot Wonder whether I can uninstall Google Maps...
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@DemocracyMattersALot organic maps
@Shadedlady @DemocracyMattersALot Had that installed anyway so I just disabled Google Maps on my phone and promoted Organic Maps to the dock.
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@DemocracyMattersALot place and feature names on maps are usually the officially recognized names. Trump passed a law, as moronic as it is, and now we have a new name that these companies use. My map company does the same thing.
Not defending Trump, just explaining how maps are made.
Because Congress didn't change the name, even in the US the official name is Golf of Mexico.
Sadly much of the US is brown-nosing Trump, granting him more power than he actually has.
And lern and teach the power of EOs and why Trump gets his kicked out on the regular. It is embarrassing, how many SCOTUS is waisting time on them.
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I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot Happy to report that the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros attraction at #EPCOT in #WaltDisneyWorld still has a map referring to it as the Gulf of Mexico. #DisneyPosting
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@rozeboosje @DemocracyMattersALot localization should be a thing. It depends on what your local government accepts as "truth". Simply flipping your VPN also might not reveal the correct answer, as you might have cached tiles, etc...
My point is, no matter how stupid the decision to change the name is, it *is* an officially recognized name change.
@silent_john @DemocracyMattersALot No it's not. The "official recognition" ends at the USA borders.
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I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot I remember this change from no more than 4 days after Trump said this stupid name.
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I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot they have not capitulated, they are part of the system, how can you not understand yet?
They are technoligarchy
Our knowledge has been digitalized, and now they can change it in an instant, and some will never notice or remember
It's not the time to be naive anymore
