Gulf of America - Gulf of Mexico
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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:

As of revision version #85, OpenStreetMap has the following tags for Golfo de México:

  • name:en Gulf of Mexico
  • official_name:en-US Gulf of America
  • GormadtEnglish
    23·
    9 hours ago

    Wait there’s talk of renaming New Mexico‽

    after some digging

    Oh thank god it was just a joke

    • TeamAssimilation@infosec.pubEnglish
      23·
      8 hours ago

      Next month:

      • Texas -> Roof Tiles
      • El Paso -> The Pass
      • The Alamo -> The Poplar
      • Santa Fe -> Holy Faith
      • Nevada -> Snowed
      • Colorado -> Red
      • Palo Alto -> High Stick
      • Nogales -> Walnuts
      • Los Angeles -> The Angels
      • …

      Paper companies would make a killing profit this period.

      • GormadtEnglish
        5·
        10 hours ago

        I’m hoping that my comment doesn’t age like milk

    • Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      4·
      8 hours ago

      But you couldn’t tell, could you. 😂 I’m keeping this joke alive as long as I can, until Trump gets wind of it and actually does it.