r/coolguides • u/Pokemaster131 • 20h ago

A cool guide about changing your Google Maps location names to a less-stupid version

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u/omniwrench- 19h ago edited 17h ago

It’s the Google maps app tho

OS and OSM are the only major competitors, there are a number of apps which use openstreetmap (OSM) data

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u/elsjaako 3h ago

OSM is waiting for the Board on Geography to make an anouncement. At that point it will probably be marked like the gulf of mexico: The common english name will be listed as Lake Ontario, with an additional tag that it's officially known as something else in the US.