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The 'OG' online map platform, MapQuest, says it won't change the name of Lake Ontario
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this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2026
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Just wanted to check...
Thanks, was wondering the same
It's not that MapQuest won't change it, it's that the name hasn't changed.
But Goog map added "Gulf of America" under the Gulf of Mexico while MapQuest retain the Gulf of Mexico, so even when it has changed for USA MapQuest basically saying they won't follow.
Again, not that they won't follow, it's that the name hasn't changed. Trump can do what he likes and he can probably force the executive branch to use the name in official documentation, but other than that this stunt means nothing
And Google are a bunch of evil techdicks so of course they suck up to the orange fuhrer.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the United States can't change the name of a body of water that's shared between multiple countries. If it's not that, it still hasn't gotten any sort of congressional approval.
Edit: Lake Michigan is the only one that's fully within the US. The others are patrolled by both the US Coast Guard and the Canadian Coast Guard, both have the ability to arrest anyone on either side of the border. The state governments that border the lakes have some power over them, but they're held in trust for public use. The International Joint Commission resolves any disputes regarding them. I'm not quite sure what would have to go into changing the name of Lake Ontario, but it would at least require Canadian approval and US congressional approval, perhaps even approval from the state of New York and the province of Ontario. Oh yeah, this is also completely stupid and should under no circumstances actually happen.
Gonna be really hard to get Canadian congressional approval as we have no congress
I'm well aware. I meant approval from both the congress of the United States and the government of Canada. I just wrote it a little awkwardly.
I'm pretty sure the United States can't change the name of a body of water that's shared between multiple countries.
Someone forgot about the GuLf Of AmErIcA already
You know, I never really considered automatic anti-vandalism mechanisms we have in place on OpenStreetMap, but they surely exist.
All that to say I think we're good on OSM too. lol
Please change it. I have more information than the public does on the Epstein files. Change it to the lake that divides the child rapist protection agencies from the child rapist enabling agencies. Canadian conservatives are just as involved.