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Google Maps Now Shows 'Lake America' Instead of Lake Ontario(wired.com)
27 points by khazhoux 15 hours ago | 16 comments
k310 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Google Maps users, please report this aberration.

You need to be logged in to report it.

verdverm 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

or remove another google product from your life, I just did, don't know how the alternatives will be, but I am willing to endure an inferior product at this point

aaron695 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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two_handfuls 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Apple Maps shows the correct name.

add-sub-mul-div 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can't tell if this is more embarrassing for Google or for the government.

rjrjrjrj 12 hours ago | parent [-]

President Grandpa Simpson is an embarrassment that America will never recover from.

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pir8life4me 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Isn't Ontario a province? So shouldn't it be like Lake ...uh New York?

avaer 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Ontario is an aboriginal name for the lake, which the province pays homage to.

All of this is silly, but with this pattern it makes more sense to change the name of New York than to call it Lake New York.

tavavex 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The province of Ontario is named after the lake, not the other way around.

woggy 10 hours ago | parent [-]

I guess Ontario needs to be renamed to America now ...

cindyllm 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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calvinmorrison 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I liked when the ukraine war conflict kicked off and suddenly AP and NPR started calling it "Keev" instead of "Kiev"

stoobs 9 hours ago | parent [-]

That's because it's the Ukrainian name for the capital, Kiev was the old soviet one.

ChrisArchitect 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

[dupe] Discussion on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495947

suggestit 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Suggested a Google Maps edit from Googleplex to "Trumps Cuckhold house"