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This is the map of the Gulf of Mexico as seen from outside the US on Google Maps.

Google said it would foist the Gulf of America idiocy only on its US users, but apparently the temptation to flatter His Orangeness was too much, so the rest of the world gets to enjoy it too.

I figured I'd rename it too. I mean why not after all: it seems any idiot can make up geography now.

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[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago

It's erasing history too since a lot of the coast of the gulf was Mexican land which is why it's named what it is.

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

The "erasing history" part is on purpose

[-] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

Mexico is still part of North America. So Gulf of America is a better, more inclusive name.

Wait.. Inclusion is one-third of DEI. WE CAN'T HAVE THAT! We need to change it back!

[-] Tofu_Ninja@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Get the democrats out applauding this decision and it’ll be changed in no time

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

After getting the permission to name the Gulf of Mexico "Gulf of America", like for a football stadion, the name can be sold to the highest bidder, to be named, e.g. Gulf of Pepsi Co, Gulf of Exxon,...
This money surely will be used to decrease the egg price. /s

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago
[-] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago
[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Gulf of Gulf

[-] regrub@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Now is a better time than ever to stop relying on US-based companies if they're so beholden to fascists. Any suggestions for alternative map/gps services?

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

Organic maps / and openStreetMap

[-] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago

OpenStreetMap is the "Wikipedia of maps", which provides free user-created map data. There are many navigation apps which use OSM data. Organic Maps is one that is often recommended.

[-] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago
[-] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

I saw this and deleted my google apps and started the steps to move delete my Gmail account too. Privacy and sanity are king

[-] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago

Check out GrapheneOS

[-] MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

They've always done that for other contested regions of the world (e.g. sea of Japan/Korea, West Bank/Judea and Samaria, East Turkestan/Xinjiang). They don't want to rile up potential ~~personal gps data cash cows~~ satisfied users.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah. It isn't like they are just reflecting Trump's personal views, the Trump administration officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico legally.

[-] MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

The thing is like 90% in international waters, who cares if a government renames it the gulf of the the clown car for instance? I hope there's an international body of geograph somewhere that brings reason to these matters.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

I hope there's an international body of geograph somewhere that brings reason to these matters.

There isn't.

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

There are so fucking many way more important things to be upset about right now.

[-] Breve@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

If you couldn't tell this isn't a political war, it's a class war. We need to stand up to these mega corporations because their billionaire CEOs are the root cause of this issue and we're all happily donating money to them by letting them use our data for free.

Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon... They are all actively involved in every other "important thing" you could mention.

[-] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

Gulf of just put a text box here, so that everyone can enter their prefered name

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Let's rename Honduras (just south of Belize) to Navidad.

Anyway, the distraction campaign is working.

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The problem here is that, if only renamed for American people, one might have a hard time conversing with Americans who (stupidly) use the other name.

So I don't really care for that name to be visible too. As long as it has the true name, and makes sure the Trump name is between brackets.

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

Sundar PIchai was front and center at the inauguration. Right next to Musk himself.

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