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Google Maps Now Shows 'Lake America' in US, Not 'Lake Ontario'
- tartoran 1mo agoApple Maps still shows Lake Ontario. Google appears to be eager to please Trump in a timely manner.
- bitpush 1mo agoApple updates maps slowly. We saw this with Gulf of America. Google Maps just happens to update things faster. I dont think it is upto Google and/or Apple.
- malux85 1mo agoSpineless pandering
- ForOldHack 1mo agoAnd Google maps does not show: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, House of Ill-repute? And Mark Zukerburd telling everyone he is going to spend $600 billion on AI in the next five years? Google maps will make itself insignificant. ( see my review of the North Atlantic ).
- thegrim33 1mo ago[flagged]
- Computer0 1mo agoIt is a sign of their credibility, and an indication of where your own priorities lie. I do not think this is a good hackernews comment.
- gnuplustoejam 1mo agoMore bad tidings: they're completing the ballroom too. I hope his employees will get a paid day off to mourn and mentally recover.
- ChrisArchitect 1mo ago[dupe] Discussion on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495947 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495947
- Blazara 1mo agoPathetic.
- peddling-brink 1mo agoVery standard. Google does the same thing for all territorial disputes to appease the whims of the powers that be. They would probably do the same if trump announced that Greenland was magically a part of the US now.
- paxys 1mo agoHalf the job of a map maker is to figure out correct borders in disputed areas while keeping both sides happy. In the internet age they can do that by simply showing a different map in each country.
- AlotOfReading 1mo agoWhat's the purpose of a map if not to reflect how people actually refer to and interact with these features? Disputed borders are handled that way because people inside those countries have understandings of "their" borders (and it's politically convenient for the companies involved). The term "Lake America" isn't in active use as a geographic referrant, so there's no point reflecting it in a map beyond the political convenience.
- infotainment 1mo agoExactly -- the classic example is the northern border of India: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/14/google-maps-political-borders/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/14/google-...
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- strathmeyer 1mo ago[dead]