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Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users
(www.ctvnews.ca)
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this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2026
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Google deciding to continue using a dataset that has been completely captured by a megalomaniac at the head of an authoritarian regime is on them. I cannot stress enough that they do not have to use GNIS, as evidenced by all the other map apps that, y'know, don't.