cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1371422/mapquests-app-surges-to-no-1-in-navigation-after-refusing-to-rename-lake-ontario
Source: MapQuest on Bluesky
MapQuest also released an online tool that lets you jokingly rename Lake Ontario to whatever you want it to be, then share the results on social media.
TIL there’s a MapQuest app.
I downloaded it. I also use Organic Maps. It uses Open Street Map data. Doesn’t have lake names but still lists “Gulf of Mexico”. google can get bent.
If you’re using Organic, it’s worth considering Organic’s fork CoMaps, which was created by major contributors in response to these grievances.
Reminder - if you subscribe to the name change - that the mnemonic for the Great Lakes has changed from HOMES to SHAME, with America right in the middle of it. You couldn’t make this up.
Reminder that the mnemonic for the Great Lakes has changed from HOMES
… no it hasn’t.
Point taken. I have added a qualifier.
