VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoMapQuest doesn't have time for this bsdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1715arrow-down15
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minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoIs Google maps a thing? Have they changed the name?
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 months agoThey did when he declared the Gulf of Mexico had a new name, so did others. Nearly immediately.
minus-squareNouvellalia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoYup. I just checked MapQuest though, and they did not.
minus-squareTrumpetX@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoI stopped using Google Maps the second this happened. Fuck that cowtow bullshit.
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThe only kowtow I’ll accept is back when I could move around during an emote animation in the early ESO days.
minus-squareMokopa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-22 months agoOnly if you were looking at the map from a US IP address iirc. It’s still gulf of Mexico for the rest of the world, but with the stupid name in brackets now after it.
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThey should put what everywhere calls every location in brackets if they’re gonna do that. The names were not and will not be changed in an official capacity.
minus-squareFurbag@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoIf you want to know who still has integrity left, just open up their maps/navigation app and see what they call the Gulf of Mexico.
Is Google maps a thing? Have they changed the name?
They did when he declared the Gulf of Mexico had a new name, so did others. Nearly immediately.
Yup. I just checked MapQuest though, and they did not.
Thank you MQ.
I stopped using Google Maps the second this happened. Fuck that cowtow bullshit.
The only kowtow I’ll accept is back when I could move around during an emote animation in the early ESO days.
Only if you were looking at the map from a US IP address iirc. It’s still gulf of Mexico for the rest of the world, but with the stupid name in brackets now after it.
They should put what everywhere calls every location in brackets if they’re gonna do that.
The names were not and will not be changed in an official capacity.
If you want to know who still has integrity left, just open up their maps/navigation app and see what they call the Gulf of Mexico.