TechnologyEnglish · 13 days ago

Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users

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Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users

TechnologyEnglish · 13 days ago

People using the application will see the new name in U.S., but will see Lake Ontario in Canada. Outside of North America, users will see both names for the lake.

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I thought they relied on open street map
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  HERE Maps? Absolutely not. OSM is a competitor to HERE.
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    How they get information about places like restaurants, shops etc?
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      external sources like Yelp, Trip Advisor, Localeze, FB

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