well google always displays the locally official names and borders. so just business as usual.
but why does the president of the usa get to decide what places are called? isn't there a cartography department or something?
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"The Trump administration has passed a resolution saying that Mexico will now be called 'America South' and Canada 'America North'. Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on it's maps app."
How do people not understand that Google Maps is regional, and the region sees their official government-endorsed maps?
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This idea originated as a Stephen Colbert joke in 2010. As always I'm sure some will call this some sort of self-aware troll by Trump, but what are the odds of that.
Given Colbert took the absurdity of conservatism in the US and cranked it up to 11... I'm not surprised it's becoming reality now.
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It's giving big "freedom fries" energy. Makes sense when you think about how much of a wet dream the post-9/11 circle jerk was (is) for conservatives. They're trying to recreate the same 2002 Republican, plastic-patriot distraction machine again.
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For what it's worth, this is how Google maps has always worked. Use Google maps in China and you'll notice that borders are in different places, HK, ~~Tibet~~ Bhutan, the whole China sea, those are within China's borders. It's the same with Russia, crimea is just part of Russia if you use Google maps in Russia. If your country recognizes different borders or different names for places, that's what Google shows you in your country. It's basically either that or they can't operate in that country, so they don't really have a choice if they want to exist in that region.
HK and Tibet are part of China in all maps. Did you mean Taiwan?
Well yeah, as of 6 years ago, after China invaded with military force, HK has been recognized as part of China on all maps. But Google showed it as part of China even before then.
And then yeah, I just remembered the wrong name, it was the border of Tibet/Bhutan that are in dispute, so parts of Bhutan display as Chinese territory.
Thanks for catching that.
HK was handed back to PRC in 1997, there was a ceremony and everything. Just because it was stolen by the British for sometime doesn't mean it isn't Chinese. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong
A border dispute between Bhutan and China isn't something exceptional, Wikipedia has a list of border disputes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_territorial_disputes your country might have some of its own
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Could someone explain to me why are people irritated by this? I'm a foreigner.
Because the president should have no say in naming geographic locations that have long agreed upon names. And it’s a waste of money to have to replace all the maps and books with updated names.
There’s also no reason for Google to change anything. The US government has no power to make Google use this new name instead of the widely agreed upon name.
It’s a nod to the fact that if Trump says jump google will say “how high?” And no one with any sense likes that bigot.
And it’s a waste of money to have to replace all the maps and books with updated names.
Who prints the books? They probably made a big contribution to Trump
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Because it's a corporation bending over to the whims of a government trying to erase the name of a geographic place.
Time to stop using Google
If you are close enough to it for the name to have any relevant reference, you're just guna say Gulf anyway.
True. This is how it is with [Arabian|Persian] Gulf.
Step 1: Rename "South China Sea" to "'Murica Sea"
Step 2: ???
Step 3: 🪖☢️🚀💥❓️🤔
Does anyone know if Waze will warn you if there is an accident ahead and will redirect you?
You know Google owns Waze right?
It'll warn you but not redirect you.
Like a little bitches they are...