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Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.mlEnglish ·
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The OSM Community discusses the Trump Administration's renaming of "The Gulf of Mexico" to "The Gulf of America"

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The OSM Community discusses the Trump Administration's renaming of "The Gulf of Mexico" to "The Gulf of America"

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Gulf of America - Gulf of Mexico
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President Donald Trump just said during his inauguration that he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Aside from the political aspects, how does that even work? How does OSM choose a source for that? I’m curious! Also, somebody executed what I thought while I wrote this post:
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  • “Gulf of America - Gulf of Mexico”. stillhart. General talk. OpenStreetMap Community Forum. Published: 2025-01-20T17:37:25.493Z. Accessed: 2025-01-21T08:47Z. https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571.
  • “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness”. The White House. Published: 2025-01-20. Accessed: 2025-01-22T06:59Z. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/.
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    Wiki says we should use ISO 639 language codes, but en-us is a BCP 47 code. There is a section about this on the wiki, that we should switch for that standard for situations like this: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multilingual_names#Issues

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