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Google Maps now show ‘Lake America’ in US, not ‘Lake Ontario’
Aug 30 (Reuters) - Google Maps has changed the name of "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" for U.S. users to reflect President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the lake, according to a Google statement.
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- Why it matters
- The change means Americans searching for geography or navigation around the US-Canada border will see a different name than Canadians and international users, fragmenting how the same body of water is labeled by the platform.
- Most affected
- US users of Google Maps — See Lake Ontario labeled as 'Lake America' instead.
- Likely next
- Whether Google reverts the change, whether other mapping services follow, or whether the executive order faces legal challenge.
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