Before Google decided to let extremists rename bodies of water, it used common sense. From 2008: "...if a ruler announced that henceforth the Pacific Ocean would be named after her mother, we would not add that placemark unless and until the name came into common usage." […] - ThreadSky

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dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy • 32 days ago

Before Google decided to let extremists rename bodies of water, it used common sense.

From 2008: "...if a ruler announced that henceforth the Pacific Ocean would be named after her mother, we would not add that placemark unless and until the name came into common usage." […]

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dbattistella.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy•31 days ago

@dangillmor Yes, that was when Google 'wasn't evil'

foxxtrot.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•32 days ago

@dangillmor Of course, that was LONG before the company was handed over to a McKenzie man.

ChemicalEyeGuy.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy•32 days ago

@dangillmor #GulfOfMexico is still in 'common usage', is it not?

drahardja.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy•30 days ago

@dangillmor While this is perfectly fine for *international* disputes of bodies of water, it’s impractical for *intranational* denotation. In the US, Google (and many other mapmakers) defer to the USGS for geographical naming through the GNIS database. Whatever the USGS says the name of a place […]