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Mexico asks Google to reject U.S. renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. (for this community, why is Google the defacto authority here?) (www.thecentersquare.com)

submitted 1 day ago by M0oP0o@mander.xyz to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1485960

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter asking Google to reject the U.S. decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on its mapping service.

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[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Google still puts my map in miles and gives gas prices in gallons.... I am in Canada where we use neither.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That sounds like a problem with your phone, not Google. It should absolutely be localized to c/ltr and kmph

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 points 12 hours ago

Well its been doing this for the last 4 or so phones now. I think its more an issue of it geolocating me to the States sometimes. Its more an annoyance at this point.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Might be worth checking if you have this set to automatic and override if it still gives you trouble. I assume it could pulling your location imprecisely enough (due to border traffic as well) but that’s whole another issue without a good solution.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I change it, but then half the time when it updates I am back in the silly units. I should really look for another map program

[–] MoondropLight@thelemmy.club 2 points 10 hours ago

Try organic maps! It's based on open street map data and doesn't track you.