Gulf of America - Gulf of Mexico
community.openstreetmap.org
President Donald Trump just said during his inauguration that he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Aside from the political aspects, how does that even work? How does OSM choose a source for that? I’m curious! Also, somebody executed what I thought while I wrote this post:
  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    12 days ago

    Looks like the thread is gone now, what was the discussion like?

      • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        12 days ago

        I just checked, and it’s only the link in the post body

        It has a period at the end, and so my client opened an error page. I can see it now :)

    • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      12 days ago

      To put it simple, they say each country can decide what name to use for where, and that’s what OSM uses as a reference.

      What it is called however is not by defined by what the president says alone though, it has to go through the entire government bureaucracy thing.