r/PoursTea • u/political-snark • Aug 30 '26
Storm In A Teacup šµ Google Maps folded for Trump so fast, MapQuest had to come out of retirement just to show them what a spine looks like.
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u/TrenchGorefare Aug 30 '26
It sure would be nice if Google, Amazon and Apple didnāt support the fascist regime š¤·š»āāļø
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u/linzeestyle Aug 30 '26
Remember when Googleās slogan was ādonāt be evilā and when finally called on how it didnāt align with their behavior they simply removed the slogan? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
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u/FourEightNineOneOne Aug 30 '26
Not to be the guy defending Google as I don't want to, but the reality is Google just pulls data from government APIs for names of places/cities/etc... The US govt updated the name in their system, so it updated on Google maps.
So while fuck Google for a lot of reasons, they didn't manually go in and change the name or anything
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u/Mobile-Apartmentott Aug 30 '26
Yes, it sounds unreal, but changing official US place names is part of executive powers under existing legislation that Trump and previous administrations have used many times.Ā
Lake America isĀ the official name now.
https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/970427
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u/etherealtwo Aug 30 '26
The official name for a very small fraction of the human population.
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u/Mobile-Apartmentott Aug 30 '26
The majority of American voters and almost every county along the south shore of Lake America went red in 2024. They don't care what other countries think.Ā
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u/etherealtwo Aug 30 '26
What's Lake America?
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u/Motor-Pomegranate831 Aug 31 '26
The result of a hissy fit thrown by the leader of the American people.
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u/Mobile-Apartmentott Aug 30 '26
https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/970427
"Lake America, previously referred to as Lake Ontario, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and serves as a significant freshwater body bordered by the United States and Canada."
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u/etherealtwo Aug 30 '26
Nah. You know why? None of this will last beyond him. It's a blip. Something to forget about.
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u/Lower-Hedgehog-9835 Aug 31 '26
My man gets it. Its a 30 minute reality TV show. A clown show. But its just the same lake. Just like everything else. This dude aint John Galt like he thinks he is.
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u/Fwiler Aug 30 '26
As he said, a very small fraction of the human population. But also a small fraction of the US population too.
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u/sweatboxy Aug 31 '26
Beyond Trump, I canāt think of a single time anything significant was renamed without the input and general consent of the governed. At best, this is an abuse of power by the president.
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u/etherealtwo Aug 30 '26
That's ridiculous. It has both names in many cases. Why? You're just guessing.
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u/FourEightNineOneOne Aug 30 '26
Uhhh, no. I'm not guessing, but thanks for randomly attacking me instead of doing your own research. They don't just use the US' database. They use official names from all sources available to them.
https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/maps/gnis-lake-ontario-lake-america-name-change/
So if you're in the US, it's pulling from the US database. If you're in Canada, it's instead pulling from Natural Resources Canada database standards, which would still call it Lake Ontario.
This happens in other situations too. For example, if you're in the UK, it calls them the Falkland Islands. If you're in Argentina, it calls them Islas Malvinas.
Learning is fun! You should look into it!
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u/afroeh Aug 30 '26
To reiterate, he is bereft of the capacity to circumscribe ontological reality.
We forget this at our peril.
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u/Mobile-Apartmentott Aug 30 '26
His administration has the power to change the name under Title 43 USC Chapter 11A, just as previous administrations have done. Other countries can call the lake what they want but its official name in the US is Lake America.Ā
https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/970427
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u/nikola_tesler Aug 30 '26
itās actually visible in Canada as well, just search āLake Americaā from a canadian IP/location
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u/Aromatic-Dog-Breath Aug 31 '26
People act like any other country in the world changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico or Lake Ontario. Dummyās rebuttal to a trade war with Canada and Mexico affects them in zero ways. Trump is so fucking stupid. I canāt understand why you think heās even a little clever.Ā
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u/Material-Job-1928 Aug 31 '26
Apple maps suck, and Mapquest is dead, but I'll take either over alphabet deep throating the current regime.
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u/Troglodytes_Cousin Aug 31 '26
This is such bullshit though. Like being a google you cant win - whatever you do here you will anger some people.
Official name got changed so they changed it . The anger is misplaced - place it on the man in whitehouse.
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u/DotBitGaming Aug 31 '26
What's next? New England renamed to New America, but also New Mexico renamed to New America...
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u/maydisturb Aug 30 '26
Do not ever forget that Google is just another greedy, cancerous corporation. They don't care about you - they don't care about their employees - they only care about their fiduciary responsibility to make money for their shareholders.