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"Enforce naming" seems an oxymoron isn't cartography and GIS crowdsourced to some degree? Why aren't y'all using OSM? "Mexico" is not some homogeneous monolit
by AStonesThrow 2y ago
"Enforce naming" seems an oxymoron
isn't cartography and GIS crowdsourced to some degree? Why aren't y'all using OSM?
"Mexico" is not some homogeneous monolith of amorphous identity and yes the history of "New Mexico" and Mexican citizens/nationals residing in the E.E.U.U. and Indigenous groups such as the Tohono O'Odham or Yaquis' governance and voices count. To varying degrees and some are sovereign tribes or communities; some self-identify in ways that may surprise us
There's a feature in Maricopa County that is popular for hiking and nature, and now we carefully refer to the hill as "Piestewa Peak" to honor a fallen warrior who served her/my/our country to defend liberty, and I guess the freedom to rename stuff for posterity or prestige.