Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 4 个月前Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Mapswww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: actually_infuriating@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1193arrow-down1external-linkGoogle officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Mapswww.usatoday.comViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 4 个月前message-square27linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: actually_infuriating@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarekahdbrixk@feddit.orglinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up15·4 个月前In the German translation it still says “Golf von Mexiko (Golf von Amerika)”. But still crazy how only one American company seems to be necessary to integrate changes of that geographical magnitude. As dumb as it is, it gets done.
minus-squaremarkstos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 个月前There are other big players for maps that are less visible to end users. Esri is a GIS firm hired by governments at many levels for map tech.
In the German translation it still says “Golf von Mexiko (Golf von Amerika)”. But still crazy how only one American company seems to be necessary to integrate changes of that geographical magnitude. As dumb as it is, it gets done.
There are other big players for maps that are less visible to end users.
Esri is a GIS firm hired by governments at many levels for map tech.