return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoGoogle Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. userswww.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square84linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. userswww.ctvnews.careturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square84linkfedilink
minus-squareMereo@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoI’m Canadian and I switched to maps.here.com, a European service as it provides good transit info. We need to move away from American hegemony.
minus-squareJohn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoHERE Maps will include the change, I 100% guarantee it. They have Gulf of America pushed to prod servers. (switch to US vpn location and you will see it) source: I may or may not work for them 🫠
minus-squareKkk2237pl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoI thought they relied on open street map
minus-squareJohn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoHERE Maps? Absolutely not. OSM is a competitor to HERE.
minus-squareKkk2237pl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoHow they get information about places like restaurants, shops etc?
minus-squareJohn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoexternal sources like Yelp, Trip Advisor, Localeze, FB
minus-squareskankhunt42@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoAs long as they only change it in the US, that’s fine with me. I’d still rather support the EU.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoFYI… Changing it in the US only is exactly what Google is doing, just like with the Gulf.
I’m Canadian and I switched to maps.here.com, a European service as it provides good transit info. We need to move away from American hegemony.
HERE Maps will include the change, I 100% guarantee it. They have Gulf of America pushed to prod servers. (switch to US vpn location and you will see it)
source: I may or may not work for them 🫠
I thought they relied on open street map
HERE Maps? Absolutely not. OSM is a competitor to HERE.
How they get information about places like restaurants, shops etc?
external sources like Yelp, Trip Advisor, Localeze, FB
As long as they only change it in the US, that’s fine with me. I’d still rather support the EU.
FYI… Changing it in the US only is exactly what Google is doing, just like with the Gulf.