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Marcus Adams
@gerowen@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

Observation. #GoogleMaps has updated the #GulfOfMexico to be #GulfOfAmerica. #OpenStreetMap apps such as #OSMand and #OrganicMaps have not. And it isn't for lack of contribution; there's tons of contributions in this area of the map just in the last couple hours. It's just that, as an open source non profit not based in the US; it's a little less susceptible to political nonsense like renaming a body of water to be more 'Murican. Who would've thought maps could get political.

A screenshot of OSMand showing the Gulf of Mexico still labeled correctly.
A screenshot of OSMand showing the Gulf of Mexico still labeled correctly.
A screenshot of OSMand showing the Gulf of Mexico still labeled correctly.
A screenshot of Google Maps showing Gulf of Mexico labeled as "Gulf of America".
A screenshot of Google Maps showing Gulf of Mexico labeled as "Gulf of America".
A screenshot of Google Maps showing Gulf of Mexico labeled as "Gulf of America".
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