return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoGoogle officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Mapswww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGoogle officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Mapswww.usatoday.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square107fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squarecmhe@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoInteresting discussion about this on the OpenStreetMap forums. The resolution is alternative name tags, referencing “en_us”, because “en” is not just the U.S.: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571/11 So when OsmAnd or OrganicMaps start to support them, maybe your locale settings will change the displayed name there as well. Current description of that node: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/305639190/history/80
Interesting discussion about this on the OpenStreetMap forums.
The resolution is alternative name tags, referencing “en_us”, because “en” is not just the U.S.:
https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571/11
So when OsmAnd or OrganicMaps start to support them, maybe your locale settings will change the displayed name there as well.
Current description of that node: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/305639190/history/80