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minus-squareOpenStars@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoIt would be hilarious if it showed as Lake Ontario for Canadians and only Lake America for USAians.
minus-squareHomesnatch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoThat is how it has always worked. Most of the rest of the world sees Gulf of Mexico and will see Lake Ontario. There are a lot more disputed and conflicting geographical names than these two. Google has a system in place that aligns naming by country.
minus-squareNangijala@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI’m in Denmark and Google maps has Gulf of America in parenthesis. Lake Ontario is still just Lake Ontario, though.
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIn Canada, they put Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)
minus-squareNaz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoPretty sure that’s what it is, no sarcasm
minus-squareOpenStars@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAlright then, hilariousness confirmed! 🤣
It would be hilarious if it showed as Lake Ontario for Canadians and only Lake America for USAians.
That is how it has always worked. Most of the rest of the world sees Gulf of Mexico and will see Lake Ontario.
There are a lot more disputed and conflicting geographical names than these two. Google has a system in place that aligns naming by country.
I’m in Denmark and Google maps has Gulf of America in parenthesis. Lake Ontario is still just Lake Ontario, though.
google maps, australia
In Canada, they put
Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)Pretty sure that’s what it is, no sarcasm
Alright then, hilariousness confirmed! 🤣