Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline

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Subject	Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline
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JMB99 wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> Here it says "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"
> 
> Is it possible to add visible labels to Google Maps?  Could lots of 
> people add labels with correct name though not sure if the inhabitants 
> of Turtle Island would see them.
You can add them to a *version* of the map that you see, and can share, 
but you can't just add stuff to *the* map, they do a modicum of fact 
checking for e.g. businesses being added or corrections being made.

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Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-12 18:56 +0000
  Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-02-12 11:07 -0800
  Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-02-12 19:10 +0000
    Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-02-12 19:15 +0000
      Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-02-12 11:26 -0800
      Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-12 19:35 +0000
        Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-02-12 12:06 -0800
    Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-12 20:06 +0000
      Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-02-12 12:13 -0800
        Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-12 20:37 +0000
          Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-12 21:00 +0000
            Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-02-12 13:33 -0800
      Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-02-12 20:29 +0000
      Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-12 20:54 +0000
    Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2025-02-12 22:44 +0000
      Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-02-13 17:15 +0000
        Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-02-14 10:15 +1300
          Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline David Woolley <david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> - 2025-02-14 12:07 +0000
            Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2025-02-14 16:04 +0000
              Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Allodoxaphobia <trepidation@example.net> - 2025-02-15 02:41 +0000
              Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2025-02-15 07:57 +0000
  Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-12 14:00 -0600
    Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline david <this@is.invalid> - 2025-02-13 20:39 -0700
      Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Jim S <jim@jimsXscott.co.uk> - 2025-02-14 11:18 +0000
        Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-14 09:30 -0500
  Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline xtf <xtf@xtf.libre> - 2025-02-12 21:52 +0100
  Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-12 19:56 -0500
    Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-13 10:38 +0000
      Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2025-02-13 10:45 +0000
        Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-13 13:11 +0000
          Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2025-02-13 14:39 +0000
          Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-02-14 10:17 +1300
          Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-02-14 18:49 +0000
            Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-14 19:27 +0000
      Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2025-02-13 13:24 +0000
        Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-02-13 15:34 +0000
  Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2025-02-13 21:15 -0800

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