• @shalafi@lemmy.world
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    3911 days ago

    Well, yeah, because the United States Geographical Service is the source of truth for geographical names. No surprise Google and Apple follow it. There’s a little more breakdown than that, but that’s the gist of it.

    https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/domestic-names

    The change is fucking stupid, you know it, I know it, we all know it. Save your fucking ire for all the real shit going down. In comparison, this doesn’t rate a single breath.

    • @taiyang@lemmy.world
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      1111 days ago

      This is correct, given a new administration can simply change it back to keep it in line with the rest of the world. Won’t do us much good if there isn’t a next administration, though.