Does OpenStreetMap comply with US executive order naming?
plasticsoprano•14m ago
Well, when you visit it https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=7/23.765/-87.100 there's no naming of that area at all. At least when looked at from a US IP. And when you search "Gulf of America" it returns "Gulf of Mexico". So take from that what you will.
hansvm•12m ago
Fiat never works for linguistic shifts. That order is about as likely to work as telling a kid to stop saying "six seven."
alex1138•7m ago
I'm in favor of legislation to stop the '67' craze
mikeocool•6m ago
The President of the United Stated doesn’t actually have the authority to tell anyone besides the executive branch what to name geographic places. So the order will only forces official US government maps created by USGS and the like to be updated. Other maps can choose to update if they want to.
Open Street Map tends to reserve the “name” tag for what things are commonly called by the local community. It appears that for the Lake Ontario and The Gulf of Mexico they’ve added an “official_name:US” tag to capture the names in the executive orders.
zikduruqe•5m ago
It's community driven, so I highly doubt the public will change it.
Now, I'd love for each geographical region to take their very worst area, and rename it after a certain politician for the lulz.
netsharc•17m ago
Happening at "Cité Descartes". I see what you did there.
Jimpulse•20m ago
plasticsoprano•14m ago
hansvm•12m ago
alex1138•7m ago
mikeocool•6m ago
Open Street Map tends to reserve the “name” tag for what things are commonly called by the local community. It appears that for the Lake Ontario and The Gulf of Mexico they’ve added an “official_name:US” tag to capture the names in the executive orders.
zikduruqe•5m ago
Now, I'd love for each geographical region to take their very worst area, and rename it after a certain politician for the lulz.