▲ 284 ▼ Google to change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in maps (www.dw.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 76 comments fedilink hide all child comments Summary Google Maps will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" for U.S. users following a U.S. government decision. The U.S. Department of Interior recently announced the official name change, implemented by the Board on Geographic Names. Google stated it updates names based on official government sources. The name will remain "Gulf of Mexico" in Mexico and display both names elsewhere globally. This change stems from an executive order by Trump, who also reversed the 2015 renaming of Alaska's Denali to Mount McKinley.
[–] Hegar@fedia.io 106 points 2 years ago (5 children) Well google maps can fuck right off, the cowards. What are everyone's recommendations for alternatives? permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 74 points 2 years ago Organic Maps permalink fedilink source parent [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 40 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Depends. If you just want a map to find things, OsmAnd is good. If you want to prepare hiking/biking trail maps and then download them for offline use, Alpi Maps is really nice. If you want useful navigation that includes traffic data and gets the realistic arrival time close to correct, Magic Earth is really the only option (traffic time estimates depend on users agreeing to share their location data while using ME for navigation so that it can make traffic speed assessments - quality will depend on how many other ME users in your area have agreed to share their data). All 3 ultimately depend on OpenStreetMap for their map data. If you use them, consider creating an account and contributing with a tool like StreetComplete. If you want something that has locations of businesses &etc with accurate names, operating hours, contact information, pictures of the location, street view, user reviews... there are no alternatives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] errer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago OSM will rename the Gulf Of Mexico eventually as well, by policy. See towards the end of this long discussion thread: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571/73 permalink fedilink source parent [–] viking@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago Organic maps on fdroid. Using open street maps and have a pretty good UI, and offline maps. permalink fedilink source parent [–] exu@feditown.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) OsmAnd permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's just... No. I've used osmand for years and it's the absolute worst. The interface is way too complicated to use and the search is absolutely useless. I can only use it for offline maps while hiking to see where I am. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exu@feditown.com 2 points 2 years ago That's fair. For me none of the alternatives offer enough features to replace it. I often use it to highlight POIs of a type and all the different map views are great. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago Alternatives Referring to it's proper name, the Gulf of Mexico permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 40 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Depends. If you just want a map to find things, OsmAnd is good. If you want to prepare hiking/biking trail maps and then download them for offline use, Alpi Maps is really nice. If you want useful navigation that includes traffic data and gets the realistic arrival time close to correct, Magic Earth is really the only option (traffic time estimates depend on users agreeing to share their location data while using ME for navigation so that it can make traffic speed assessments - quality will depend on how many other ME users in your area have agreed to share their data). All 3 ultimately depend on OpenStreetMap for their map data. If you use them, consider creating an account and contributing with a tool like StreetComplete. If you want something that has locations of businesses &etc with accurate names, operating hours, contact information, pictures of the location, street view, user reviews... there are no alternatives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] errer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago OSM will rename the Gulf Of Mexico eventually as well, by policy. See towards the end of this long discussion thread: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571/73 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] errer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago OSM will rename the Gulf Of Mexico eventually as well, by policy. See towards the end of this long discussion thread: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571/73 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] viking@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago Organic maps on fdroid. Using open street maps and have a pretty good UI, and offline maps. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exu@feditown.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) OsmAnd permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's just... No. I've used osmand for years and it's the absolute worst. The interface is way too complicated to use and the search is absolutely useless. I can only use it for offline maps while hiking to see where I am. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exu@feditown.com 2 points 2 years ago That's fair. For me none of the alternatives offer enough features to replace it. I often use it to highlight POIs of a type and all the different map views are great. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's just... No. I've used osmand for years and it's the absolute worst. The interface is way too complicated to use and the search is absolutely useless. I can only use it for offline maps while hiking to see where I am. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] exu@feditown.com 2 points 2 years ago That's fair. For me none of the alternatives offer enough features to replace it. I often use it to highlight POIs of a type and all the different map views are great. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exu@feditown.com 2 points 2 years ago That's fair. For me none of the alternatives offer enough features to replace it. I often use it to highlight POIs of a type and all the different map views are great. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago Alternatives Referring to it's proper name, the Gulf of Mexico permalink fedilink source parent