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As of revision version #85, OpenStreetMap has the following tags for Golfo de México:

  • name:en Gulf of Mexico
  • official_name:en-US Gulf of America
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[–] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 30 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Why is this even being discussed?

Are they discussing renaming Taiwan to China as well?

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The name itself can't really change in OSM because it's based on what someone "on the ground" would see, i.e. street signs, etc.

Previous OSM naming conflicts have usually been areas of disputed land where some group de-facto controls the land/people and therefore the street signs, and therefore the OSM 'name' tag.

That's not going to work very well for a big region of mostly international waters between several countries.

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