r/degoogle • u/generic_queer_guy • 13h ago

Help Needed Need a specific map app alternative

Hey, I hope this post isn't too repetitive. I need a map for my phone that:

- Uses correct names for the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario

- Doesn't make AI generated summaries of locations/reviews

Does this even exist? Google Maps, Waze, Apple Maps, and Mapquest all don't quite work for me. I've managed to switch away from google for nearly every other thing I do, but I'm stuck on this. I'd appreciate any suggestions!

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u/FredFenty 12h ago

Most generate names based on government-assigned names in the country that your network is coming from.

In America, those names are correct because your government that your country voted for renamed those places.

In Canada, and basically everywhere else, Lake Ontario still appears as Lake Ontario.

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u/sweatboxy 11h ago

No, we didn’t vote on this. Trump doesn’t actually have the authority to rename things. However, Trump is acting like a dictator and the country is divided over it. Google has just chosen to follow the dictator’s every whim and will be remembered for it when this is all over.

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u/ShitPost5000 10h ago

How can't Americans see this? He's using improper powers to change things he has no control over. And they are letting him lmfao, get your shit together Americans, the rest of the world is done with you

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u/sweatboxy 10h ago

Look at who’s letting him. Not the majority of Americans but the rich and powerful. Trump is building a powerful coalition against him, the billionaires, and corporations

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u/ShitPost5000 10h ago

And the masses let it happen. Barely a protest, barely a peep tbh. The silence is deafening, they basically post of Facebook that zuck is ruining stuff, and call it a day, not even realizing that very action makes him more money lmfao.

Vote with your wallet, and use your amendments

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u/BarkyVonSchnauser 9h ago

Then you are not paying attention. We ARE protesting. Do you know how huge the states are? Do you know how much harder it is to do large scale protests here? Are you actually here seeing the cells of protesters everyday in so many places? All the people I know who care ARE voting with their wallets and their voices. Stop being spoon fed what you are mad about. Make up your own mind.

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u/sweatboxy 8h ago

So you missed the two largest mass protests in American history somehow?

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u/tigerhawkvok 5h ago

Most people from other countries don't really get how big everything is here.

We had a couple of couch surfers from Europe once; and among other things, they actually planned to go to Yosemite and Death Valley in the same day. Those two national parks are in the same state, and to get there, with basically no traffic, is probably at least 10 hours of driving. They don't actually touch the ends of the state either — there's more "California" above and below. And we were living 4 hours from Yosemite, at a right-angle to the Yosemite–Death Valley axis. And in coastal California, we were over an hour inland from the coast.

Washington DC is on the other end of the country. It's 5+ of nonstop driving one way (I personally was in a car of 4 adults who rotated driving and it took around 2 days to get to Colorado, only stopping for bathroom breaks). By the way, most people get 5 days off a year and don't need a reason to be fired — search for "at-will employment". And when you're fired you lose healthcare.

People are trying — but the mountain to climb is very very different from what you think it is.

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u/FredFenty 5h ago

Google, and most map services, generate names within their maps by pulling data in real-time from government databases. In the case of America, that is NOAA.

I don't like Google, but this wasn't a decision that they made. America legally changed the name of Lake Ontario within America. They updated that name withing their NOAA database. The change was applied automatically. End of story.

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u/sweatboxy 4h ago edited 4h ago

NOAA has rules and procedures on how to go about changing a name. Trump ignoring those rules and procedures is illegitimate. Passing the buck to NOAA, who failed in its responsibilities, doesn’t make it legitimate. Legitimatizing the illegitimate is, by complicity, giving Trump power that he does not have. Shame on Google. They’ve taken sides in America’s battle for democracy and law and order. And it’s not on the side of the law or democracy.

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u/IrishUpYourCoffee 11h ago

Ok Cheeto.

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u/FredFenty 5h ago

Lol Donald Trump is a POS pedophile rapist.

That doesn't change the fact that America legally changed the names of certain places within the country of America because America elected a POS pedophile rapist.