• jonne@infosec.pub
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    Pretty much any mapping software will follow suit as It’s an official name change, so until it’s reverted (if ever, because I could see a future Democratic President just leaving it as is because they don’t want to be called anti-American on Fox), you’ll just have to deal with it, unfortunately.

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      OSM treats official names as tertiary to signage and local usage. It’s also not chiefly American so doesn’t have much reason to favour their usage over other countries’.

      Mind that you can also have many names for one thing in OSM so it will probably be noted in there somewhere.

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          There is also an ongoing discussion about the executive order.

          Absolutely disgusting how many people there are taking this at all seriously

          Use Facist_Name as the tag, as is accurate, and be done with it

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        I guess the Gulf of Mexico is different from Denali in that it’s outside of the US, so I’m not sure how that’s decided. I guess American map makers (or anyone localising for the US) will use Gulf of America, while everyone else will continue using Gulf of Mexico.

        FWIW, it’s still Gulf of Mexico in my Google Maps, and so is Denali (using it from Australia).

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        After Trump kills himself in a bunker they’ll get Jill Stein? It’ll end somehow, unless Trump nukes us all.

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      I doubt OSM will change it. Its not a land mass in the US, the US has no authority in changing its name.

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      It’s not an official name change… They have a governing body for name’s and unless they change it, which they won’t only the us will recognise the change… Whole things a pissing contest like trump himself… He’s a bully and not a very good one