technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoGoogle Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US governmentarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1486arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1479arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US governmentarstechnica.comtechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square64linkfedilinkfile-text
Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.
minus-squarechaospatterns@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoWhy is a lake name stored in code versus a database?
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoI think they must mean an override to the name in the db?
Why is a lake name stored in code versus a database?
I think they must mean an override to the name in the db?