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From: Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,uk.telecom.mobile,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,sci.geo.satellite-nav
Subject: Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of
 the Atlantic coastline
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:15:25 +0000
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JMB99 wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> Here it says "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"
> 
> Is it possible to add visible labels to Google Maps?  Could lots of 
> people add labels with correct name though not sure if the inhabitants 
> of Turtle Island would see them.
You can add them to a *version* of the map that you see, and can share, 
but you can't just add stuff to *the* map, they do a modicum of fact 
checking for e.g. businesses being added or corrections being made.