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xattt 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Maps now shows the 'Gulf of America'

The assumption is there’s a global body that registers place names and regional borders that Google would vet against.

hiatus 4 months ago [–]

There is not. See the whole Taiwan thing.

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