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.

  • M0oP0o@mander.xyzOP
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    18 hours ago

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

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      10 hours ago

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

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        7 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.

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      12 hours ago

      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.

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        11 hours ago

        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