It’ll nonetheless present up as Lake Ontario for Maps customers in Canada.
Google has relabeled Lake Ontario in Maps following President Trump’s govt order to vary its title to Lake America. Apple Maps hasn’t but made the replace, nevertheless it adopted the Gulf of Mexico’s new Trump-ordered moniker final 12 months when all that nonsense went down, so it possible will not be lengthy earlier than it does. Every little thing is so dumb.
In a weblog publish, Google defined that it updates Maps “to mirror title adjustments in official authorities sources.” Within the US, that supply is the Geographic Names Data System (GNIS), which formally modified Lake Ontario’s title to Lake America earlier this week. The corporate offered an analogous rationalization when it switched the Gulf of Mexico label to “Gulf of America” for US customers. Maps customers within the US will see “Lake America,” Canadians will see “Lake Ontario” and other people elsewhere will see each, which certainly will not be complicated in any respect. “These updates comply with our long-standing coverage for our bodies of water with names that adjust from nation to nation, and are beginning to roll out now,” Google mentioned.
