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[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

This brings up a good point, can a president all by himself decide what we are calling things? Why not take kickbacks and now google has to change the name of landmarks.

Also, I’ve been using google maps as long as I’ve had an iPhone. I guess I am finally switching over to Apple Maps.

[-] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I guess I am finally switching over to Apple Maps

there's something called "open maps" (atleast I think that's the name) that people on Lemmy seem to like.
Haven't used it myself yet but people seem to like it
Edit: looks like it's actually "OpenStreetMaps" and there's not one app for it :/
If anyone else has experience I'm open to recommendations

[-] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 6 points 1 week ago

Apple's maps data frequently is OpenStreetMaps data in quite a few regions.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Apple

[-] makyo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Organic Maps on iOS seems good so far

[-] onyxjet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Suggestions for OSM apps?

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

can a president all by himself decide

That’s a really good question about a lot of things this administration is doing. As always, it’s some variation of no, but does that matter if no one enforces it?

I don’t if there is specific law, but I read an article a few weeks back detailing the dual process. Name changes should start locally and work their way up to Congress, then to be signed by the president. Obviously the Gulf of Mexico doesn’t have locals, but what happened to Congress? For Denali, it not only overrides the locals but ignores all the due process that went into changing the name.

However, I can see some small amount of blame to Biden for setting a good/bad example. Apparently the change from McKinley to Denali was a local request, locally voted, passed by Alaska congress, an entire process of making sure locals are heard. Then it sat in our dysfunctional Congress for years without any action. Joe Biden signed and went ahead despite it not coming from Congress. He did the right thing for the local people who had been requesting the name change for so long, and Congress clearly abdicated their duty. However, technically he set a bad example proceeding with something that should have come through Congress

[-] AwakenedAce 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I saw that. I’m not sure open street maps is ready for prime time though…

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