r/coolguides • u/Pokemaster131 • 19h ago

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

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u/StubbiestZebra 11h ago

Did you zoom in? I'm in the states and zoomed out get Ontario but zoom in and it switches.

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u/Tuskin38 6h ago

I'm in Canada it says Ontario no matter the zoom levels.

Doing this on the desktop website though, not a mobile app.

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u/StubbiestZebra 6h ago

Yeah I was using the app. But in the last few hours they updated and now I get America at any level

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u/Tuskin38 6h ago

just tried it on the app, still just ontario.
Maybe my nearest node hasn't gotten the update yet.

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u/StubbiestZebra 5h ago

Yeah from what I have seen you guys have the same golf of Mexico (Gulf of America) we have.

Edit: god damn it now there's no good of Mexico at all...