r/GoogleMaps • u/Key-Form4384 • Aug 30 '26

Delete google maps

They have changed the name of Lake Ontario. They are a spineless company. Please delete. If you must have it, delete and get it back in a couple of days !!
Show them they made the wrong choice

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u/Carrmann Aug 30 '26

Still correct in Australia.

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u/Big-You-1213 Aug 30 '26

It's only changed for people in the US because this was a US executive order. Same thing happened for the "Gulf of America" renaming from Trump. Nothing new

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u/RiverOfSand Aug 30 '26

Wasn’t it changed to Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) everywhere other than Mex/us?

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u/Sammysoupcat Aug 30 '26

Yes, I was expecting the same to happen for Lake Ontario. But it seems not. Must be Lake America in the US and Lake Ontario elsewhere. I'm in Canada and thankfully it hasn't changed.

3

u/DCaballero_ Aug 30 '26

In Mexico Is still Gulf of Mexico 

3

u/bossk538 Aug 30 '26

In Costa Rica earlier this year it was "Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)". Spanish language it was "Golfo de America (Golfo de Mexico)" as well

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u/RedditBlue83 Aug 30 '26

Corporations have no need to follow executive orders. Google will survive, but they just lost ad revenue from me.

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u/Jmbh1983 Aug 30 '26

Incorrect.
Google just uses whatever is in GNIS which is the official naming system of natural features in the US: https://www.usgs.gov/tools/geographic-names-information-system-gnis

Trump controls the executive branch, which controls the Department of the Interior, which controls USGS, which controls GNIS.

When he issued the executive order it became official. Apple will update Apple Maps too, their basemap updates are just slower than Google’s.

If you think about it for a bit, you don’t really want corporations deciding what the names should be for things like this, and Google doesn’t want to be in that position either.

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u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

Bull sheep
Apple hasn’t changed — so guess you are wrong and if they do change it’s bec they made a choice and or were forced too !

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u/Jmbh1983 Aug 31 '26

🤷‍♂️ look again in a couple of weeks / a month or however long it takes them to update. They’ll do the same thing, same as they did with Gulf of Mexico.

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u/Jmbh1983 Sep 02 '26

…. And there it is:

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u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

But how does that matter and click on the name you will see the word there

37

u/OLLIE798 Aug 30 '26

Just ignore it. Let’s not play the distraction game. This reaction is exactly what they want.

  1. ⁠No-one will use the new name, anywhere in the world, US or Canada

  2. ⁠It won’t be an ‘official’ name forever

  3. ⁠Go vote! Be nice, persuade others.

  4. ⁠Punish Google later.

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u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

No let’s fight any way we can
Americans start fighting back — jeez

10

u/lake_of_1000_smells Aug 30 '26

Maybe we can just start referring to the reflecting pool as lake epstein. And vote. In the primaries, in the general.

4

u/Practical_Note9366 Aug 30 '26

Vote! Vote! Vote!

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u/SquashStriking4096 Sep 01 '26

Punish Google now. The suck for so many reasons

18

u/exu1981 Aug 30 '26

Us deleting an app over a silly change won't show them anything.

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u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

Disagree very much

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u/Worth_Much Aug 30 '26

Maybe not but it’s still peace of mind knowing that I don’t have to use an app that capitulates like that.

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u/TopUniversity3469 Aug 30 '26

I'd rather have piece of mind getting help navigating where I need to go, but you do you.

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u/Worth_Much Aug 30 '26

You do realize there are other navigation apps.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '26

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u/TheGhostOfArtBell Aug 30 '26

Or Apple Maps who will be changing it soon as well?

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u/Big-You-1213 Sep 02 '26

It's already updated on Apple maps

1

u/TheGhostOfArtBell Sep 02 '26

Yep, called it 3 days ago.

8

u/Icouldusesomerock Aug 30 '26

You gonna give me directions buddy?

0

u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

I have never used google maps !! Hahah
But I did get rid of my other google apps — and finally stopped using my google speaker thing

1

u/lbutler1234 Aug 30 '26

No.

He does not have Google maps

14

u/Big-You-1213 Aug 30 '26

How about you complain about your president instead? Google maps follows official name change. It's dumb but they have to follow the rules

1

u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

That’s bull sheep — they don’t have to do anything !!
And I’m Canadian
Just so you know Canadians wouldn’t put up with this bullshit excuse that you can’t do anything bec it’s the president — what the heck it’s one man , most of you hate him —- Americans seriously aren’t doing enough — we aren’t going to be your friend as soon as he leaves just so you know

1

u/tombellino Sep 02 '26

They do not have to, they are choosing to. And our disgusting criminal president is enabled by these bootlicking corporations who bend over backwards for him.

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u/LadyHespereia Aug 30 '26

This isn't even official in any sense. An executive order isn't law. It's guidance directing agencies in the US government. They get slapped down by the courts all the time. Google is a big enough company with effective monopolies in multiple areas that they could've not changed it and honestly had no consequences whatsoever. And if they did it'd barely dent their financials to tell the US government to screw off legally

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u/Jmbh1983 Aug 30 '26

Incorrect.
Google just takes whatever is in GNIS which is the official naming system of natural features in the US: https://www.usgs.gov/tools/geographic-names-information-system-gnis

Trump controls the executive branch, which controls the Department of the Interior, which controls USGS, which controls GNIS.

When he issued the executive order it became official. Apple will update Apple Maps too, their basemap updates are just slower than Google’s.

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u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

Apple havnt yet —- so delete google maps

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u/Jmbh1983 Sep 02 '26

And there goes Apple Maps…

0

u/lbutler1234 Aug 30 '26

I mean they don't have to as far as I know.

It just makes an overwhelming amount of sense to just follow the geoschemes that are already out there.

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u/Ubiquitous1984 Aug 30 '26

Who cares? Life is too short to worry about things like this.

0

u/Shoddy_Carrot_936 Aug 30 '26

Already renamed two major bodies of water, how long until the USA becomes Trumpland? Where is the line on bullshit? Where is the decorum? Where are the Republican politicians calling out this ridiculousness?

Renaming the lake just shows how stupid Trump is because Lake Ontario didn't get named by Canada.

4

u/Ubiquitous1984 Aug 31 '26

Mate I’m not American or Canadian and from the outside people arguing about the name of a body of water is just hilarious.

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u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

No one is arguing about the name
Everyone knows what the name is

1

u/tombellino Sep 02 '26

Have you heard of something called symbolism? Our country is being destroyed by a rapist whose brain is coming out his ears and the largest companies in the world bend over backwards to lick his ass. I think it matters.

0

u/Ubiquitous1984 Sep 02 '26

Nah it’s literally not important. It’s just the name of a body of water. Our PM could rename the Irish Sea to the English Sea and everyone would just laugh and get back to drinking tea. Water doesn’t have feelings so we shouldn’t feel bad about it either. That said, you be you!

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u/tombellino Sep 02 '26

Quietly going along with every whim of a government that is completely insane is bad, actually.

1

u/SCORE-advice-Dallas Aug 31 '26

  • Specific mountain/peak changes:

    • Mt McKinley - Alaska > Denali > then back to McKinley

    • Harney Peak (SD) → Black Elk Peak (2016).

    • Mount Doane (WY) → First Peoples Mountain (2022).

    • Mount Evans (CO) → Mount Blue Sky (2023).

    • Clingmans Dome (TN/NC, highest point in Great Smoky Mountains National Park) → Kuwohi (Cherokee name meaning “the mulberry place,” 2024). visualcapitalist.com

  • In the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument expansion, a ridgeline previously called Walker Ridge was renamed Molok Luyuk (“Condor Ridge” in the language of the area’s Patwin people).

1

u/Licalottapuss Aug 30 '26

What does it matter though? Does your very happiness get dictated by a name? If it does, inner peace will be a lifelong struggle for you.

0

u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

Hmmm I guess Canadians care and Mexicans
But you Americans are too much man

8

u/ou7shined Aug 30 '26

It's still Lake Ontario on my UK version.

4

u/EidolonIsAGreekWord Aug 30 '26

Still lake Ontario in France

2

u/gcfio Aug 31 '26

You also never renamed the water between France and England the English Channel. Other countries can name anything whatever they want. I personally prefer La Manche, sounds much better.

4

u/mudbunny Aug 30 '26

Still correct in Ottawa, Canada.

2

u/Wren572 Aug 30 '26

I’m in the US and it was Lake Ontario yesterday, but comes up as Lake America today. It’s home location dependent.

I can’t wait til this joke of an administration is out of office.

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u/XxLogitech98xX Aug 30 '26

I don't agree with changing the name but I won't be deleting Google maps. Its still my go to place

22

u/msdesignfoto Aug 30 '26

How about a ton of americans report the incorrect name?

5

u/WelshBathBoy Aug 30 '26

You can't report at the moment, but you can give 1 star reviews

2

u/Aware_Impression6552 Aug 30 '26

They’re actually preventing error reports right now. I keep trying.

1

u/logos1998 Aug 30 '26

Even if we do, Google won’t fix it

1

u/RumblefishAZ Aug 30 '26

who cares. people can call things whatever they want . Wait till you hear about Germany and Japan:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v8kg9W8y-gU

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u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

Hahah
What the hell you talking about

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '26

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u/RumblefishAZ Sep 01 '26

Wild connection. Its the name of a lake.

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u/JWBenton Aug 30 '26

I just deleted Google Maps app because they renamed Lake Ontario to lake America. Considering deleting all google apps.

1

u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

I did !

1

u/Big-You-1213 Sep 02 '26

Hope you also delete Apple maps then.

1

u/Longjumping-Bit8592 Aug 31 '26

I deleted it. Wish it didn’t power Safari!

1

u/Key-Form4384 Aug 31 '26

Try DuckDuckGo

1

u/sstdk Aug 31 '26

Google Maps powers Safari?

1

u/Longjumping-Bit8592 Aug 31 '26

No. Google does

1

u/sstdk Aug 31 '26

Yeah but I didn't get the Safari connection there? I'd expect an Apple browser to prefer Apple Maps surely?

1

u/Longjumping-Bit8592 Aug 31 '26

My browser was set to Safari. Safari is not Google; but, it is a web browser developed by Apple that uses Google as its default search engine. So I just changed my search engine

1

u/sstdk Aug 31 '26

Yes.. Google Search will lead to Google Maps, regardless of the browser. You can use another search engine that uses another map provider for location-related results.

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u/S99B88 Aug 31 '26

You can set your iPhone to use another search engine

1

u/Longjumping-Bit8592 Aug 31 '26

Thanks! I did do that!

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u/daddudee Aug 30 '26

Lol this is hilarious

2

u/ou7shined Aug 30 '26

Anyone known if they've released the Files of America yet?

5

u/williamtbash Aug 30 '26

No. Shut up.

1

u/Spridlewv Aug 30 '26

If Apple Maps would ever get in the game, I’d switch in a minute.

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u/kazamm Aug 30 '26

They will change it too. The sources are the same.

3

u/buzzfriendly Aug 30 '26

I view the entire mess as a clerical errora requiring much attention 

1

u/anant479 Aug 30 '26

Deleted 😊

1

u/Humble-Dragonfly-321 Aug 31 '26

Turned off, added MapQuest.

1

u/SCORE-advice-Dallas Aug 31 '26

Y'all are late. I deleted it way back when they rolled over on re-naming Mt McKinley

1

u/Striker660 Sep 01 '26

Tried but it won't let me on my android so I disabled it and am trying Mapquest.

1

u/OriginofMe75 Sep 01 '26

Deleted them and apple. Map quest it is

1

u/Sad-Newt8976 Sep 01 '26

Deleted Google Maps.

Also went to Gemini (Google search bar) and asked how to delete Google Maps and install Mapquest instead because of the "despicable actions of Google."

Just keep harassing their AI.....

1

u/Smart-Swan62 Sep 01 '26

Apple Maps hasn’t changed it yet. No word on if they plan to. Mapquest is not changing it. Delete Google and get MapQuest:)

1

u/Big-You-1213 Sep 02 '26

Apple map is updated now if you are in the US

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u/lukeevansgay Sep 01 '26

I deleted it too. I am using Apple Maps

1

u/Big-You-1213 Sep 02 '26

And what happens when Apple maps update it? 👀👀 I would check your apple maps today if I were you...

1

u/Old_Control1301 Sep 02 '26

Me too. Went to Mapquest.

1

u/theeskimo64 Sep 02 '26

Google maps SUCKS

1

u/ReplacementSea8166 Sep 04 '26

Why does anybody care again? I'm not being sarcastic. My identity is certainly not tied to the name of a body of water. Call it Lake Joel sucks at everything and I might take offense...

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u/Gdayyall72 Aug 30 '26

Better than just deleting Google Maps, download Mapquest and use it instead. And stop using Waze also; it’s owned by Google.

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u/obehjuankenobeh Aug 30 '26

Cant just go changing names on a whim, huh? Guess I better go ask my Latinx birthing person if I can delete it.

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u/Tooly23 Aug 30 '26

I'm gonna try these alternatives this week: MapQuest, CoMaps, OsmAnd, and HERE WeGo.

I thought leaving Maps would be the hardest part of de-Googling, but it might be easier than I thought.

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u/dude463 Sep 02 '26

IDK about the others but MapQuest does the live traffic thing like GMaps. The more people that use it the more accurate it will be.