On: Google's Obedience to Trump's "Lake America" Order Follows a Depressing Pattern

[jeffbee]

Because their whole system relies on national registries of place names, and the US national registry of place names renamed this place.

[wat10000 → jeffbee]

There’s no way it relies on them. Google Maps wouldn’t go down if the register got pulled. They have made a policy decision to follow those registries.

[1attice → wat10000]

It does come up in legal arguments and definite descriptions. "The Person Living at Lake Ontario Drive" might pick out something different, or nothing, after s/Ontario/America/g