Google Maps users on opposite sides of the US-Canada border can now look at the same lake and see two different names.
Google has begun displaying Lake Ontario as “Lake America” to users in the United States after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario and update the US Geographic Names Information System. Canadian users will continue to see “Lake Ontario,” while users elsewhere will see both names.
The unusual update puts one of the world’s biggest mapping platforms in the middle of a political dispute between two longtime allies and highlights something easy to forget about…
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