Google's Obedience to Trump's "Lake America" Order Follows a Depressing Pattern

jayknight

Here is a thread about how OpenStreetMaps handled it: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/lake-ontario-lake-amer... >So far, the Lake Ontario relation (1206310) as well as at least one other nearby feature has already had its name=* changed once, though it was swiftly reverted and changed to official_name:en-US=* instead, which is the current status quo as of this writing.

tingletech

I wish there were a toggle on google maps to show the internationally accepted names for these bodies of water.

anigbrowl

After he's gone we're going to see endless blog posts of the form 'Standing up to those guys inside company X' from execs trying to rehab themselves for rushing to comply with every stupid directive to come out of the White House.

gipp

As dumb as the renaming is to begin with, it feels like making this your hill to die on would also be pretty dumb, no? It's fairly inconsequential in the end.

131hn

This will still work (it’s just funny) https://www.reddit.com/r/technicallythetruth/comments/vd5j87...

pvaldes

Can't wait for the Canadians trolling back by declaring that they will rename Florida to "Punkeydoodles two" and the Fifth avenue to "Woodchuck street" in each official map printed in Canada.

ChrisArchitect

Related: How the GNIS Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495947