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MapQuest doesn't have time for this bs (discuss.online)

submitted 15 hours ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] Jacob_Mandarin@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Until a renderer uses it—which currently isn’t the case—nobody will see it. At least not on a map. The reasoning here is mostly to still have it searchable under that name.

ETA: See its wiki entry, specifically this part:

So basically the name is added somewhere so it is searchable but never displayed

[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 3 points 5 hours ago

I'm not sure about that "currently not the case".

I mean you can download the data from OSM, open it in QGIS, and make a custom map of your city. You could use whatever locale you wanted for names.

My point is, any assertion that it's not used by a renderer is false, because someone will inevitably use it