President Donald Trump just said during his inauguration that he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Aside from the political aspects, how does that even work? How does OSM choose a source for that? I’m curious! Also, somebody executed what I thought while I wrote this post:
As of revision version #85, OpenStreetMap has the following tags for Golfo de México:
Wait there’s talk of renaming New Mexico‽
*after some digging *
Oh thank god it was just a joke
for now
I’m hoping that my comment doesn’t age like milk
New Mexico? You mean “South America”, right?
(Everything south of the Rio Grande is now “Mexico”. Except for the
PanamaAmerica canal.)Next month:
Paper companies would make a killing profit this period.
How about you rename deez (wal)nutz
Sorry, had to
Baton Rouge -> Red Stick
But you couldn’t tell, could you. 😂 I’m keeping this joke alive as long as I can, until Trump gets wind of it and actually does it.