zlatiah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agoIn light of recent events, here's OpenStreetMap editors discussing naming of the Gulf of Mexicocommunity.openstreetmap.orgexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1589arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: geospatial@mander.xyz
arrow-up1581arrow-down1external-linkIn light of recent events, here's OpenStreetMap editors discussing naming of the Gulf of Mexicocommunity.openstreetmap.orgzlatiah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square88fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: geospatial@mander.xyz
As of revision version #85, OpenStreetMap has the following tags for Golfo de México: name:en Gulf of Mexico official_name:en-US Gulf of America
minus-squareBeej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up118arrow-down3·11 days agoAs an American and long time OSM contributor, I also vote extremely no on Gulf of America. Also no on renaming New Mexico.
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·edit-211 days agoWait there’s talk of renaming New Mexico‽ after some digging Oh thank god it was just a joke
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·11 days ago Oh thank god it was just a joke for now
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 days agoI’m hoping that my comment doesn’t age like milk
minus-squareTeamAssimilation@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·edit-211 days agoNext month: Texas -> Roof Tiles El Paso -> The Pass The Alamo -> The Poplar Santa Fe -> Holy Faith Nevada -> Snowed Colorado -> Red Palo Alto -> High Stick Nogales -> Walnuts Los Angeles -> The Angels … Paper companies would make a killing profit this period.
minus-squareDie Martin Die@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 days ago Nogales -> Walnuts How about you rename deez (wal)nutz Sorry, had to
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 days agoNew Mexico? You mean “South America”, right? (Everything south of the Rio Grande is now “Mexico”. Except for the Panama America canal.)
minus-squareBeej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 days agoBut you couldn’t tell, could you. 😂 I’m keeping this joke alive as long as I can, until Trump gets wind of it and actually does it.
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days ago“Petition to rename New Mexico to Freexico, and Mexico to Cartelistan”
As an American and long time OSM contributor, I also vote extremely no on Gulf of America.
Also no on renaming New Mexico.
Wait there’s talk of renaming New Mexico‽
after some digging
Oh thank god it was just a joke
for now
I’m hoping that my comment doesn’t age like milk
Next month:
Paper companies would make a killing profit this period.
Baton Rouge -> Red Stick
How about you rename deez (wal)nutz
Sorry, had to
New Mexico? You mean “South America”, right?
(Everything south of the Rio Grande is now “Mexico”. Except for the
PanamaAmerica canal.)But you couldn’t tell, could you. 😂 I’m keeping this joke alive as long as I can, until Trump gets wind of it and actually does it.
“Petition to rename New Mexico to Freexico, and Mexico to Cartelistan”