Google Maps changed to show Lake Ontario as Lake America

hheresie-dabord about 2 hours ago 3 commentsRead Article on cnn.com

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dotcoma•about 2 hours ago

Don’t do evil…

k310•about 2 hours ago

For about the third time this morning (sigh)

Google Maps users, please report this aberration.

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bsian•about 1 hour ago

This is not a case of vandalism by other users. Google made this change because they use the names officially recognised by the government of the US.

bigstrat2003•about 1 hour ago

The government doesn't get to name geographic features.

c22•42 minutes ago

Who gets to name them?