Trumps’s order affects the U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which sets the standards for official U.S. maps.
Google Maps has changed the name of “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” for U.S. users to reflect President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the lake, according to a Google statement.
Trump announced on Thursday that he was changing the name of the smallest of the five Great Lakes, part of an escalating trade feud with Canada that has prompted the two countries to impose reciprocal tariffs on billions of dollars in goods.
The president’s order affects the U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which sets the standards for official U.S. maps. It does not have any impact on Canadian naming conventions or how the rest of the world refers to the lake.
Reminder that a lot of German businesses were happy to bend the knee to the Nazis.
Well now the “HOMES” nmemonic doesn’t work anymore… Gotta switch that O out for an A… I guess we could go with “SHAME:”
- Superior
- Huron
- America
- Michigan
- Eerie
If Canada doesn’t shape up its act and capitulate everything, Trump is going to order Lake Erie be called Lake America 2. The acronym then becomes HAMAS
Still SHOME in Canada.
I switched to Mapquest yesterday. I should have done it a long time ago.
Fucking cowards.
OpenStreetMap still showing Lake Ontario.
I gave mapquest a chance because of this. I loved the UI but Sadly they had the restaurant I wanted to go to marked on the wrong building. Fuck google. To all the laid off Google map devs please use your skills to help make an alternative.
Check out CoMaps. It relies on OpenStreetMap, which also has the correct name. Main downsides are a lack of business info, so it’s more difficult/impossible to find somewhere to eat, and no traffic data.
The best feature is that it’s completely offline, you download everything to your device as you desire. No stupid squares to select and download like in Google Maps. I have the entire US on my phone, and don’t need internet to navigate using that data.
Fuck google forever.
Dear America,
You are literally living in the western version of North Korea. So maybe do something.
- All your old friends that are new enemies
Maybe it’s time to get rid of all my google apps.
Don’tBe EvilYet another reason to switch to OSMAnd (OpenStreetMaps).
I love this
They should label it “Lake America” (with the quotes) below the border line, and Lake Ontario (without any quotes, and maybe in a bigger font) above it.
It’s been showing Lake America for me and my partner. We live in Canada.
do you and your partner adopt rescues? I’m house trained.
I’ve heard it’s better to adopt pairs so they’re not lonely. I just so happen to be excellent at fetching slippers myself.
G**gle has you pegged as the 51st state already…
Bye Gmaps!
