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google is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degoogle

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Meanwhile on Openstreetmap:
name Golfo de México
name:en Gulf of Mexico
official_name:en_US Gulf of America
Showing just enough acknowledgement to confirm they've discussed the executive order, but they aren't going to follow it.
- I'm gonna download StreetComplete, it's a neat incentive for exercise.
  
  That's pretty cool, I didn't know about that app before you brought it up. Downloaded already!
  
  Ooh I would LOVE to do it and I did that with 2 places but I don't like:
  The fact it doesn't show you the best match of your search based on distance by your location (or is because)
  It doesn't show the 2 places I sent ~1 month ago or they're hard to find (available on site, not on organic maps)
  
  Google maps was exactly like that before it became the defacto navigation software for most of the planet and we all started answering innocent little questions for our new overlords. I really feel like OSM is on the verge of becoming top tier, we just need a bit more momentum to push it there. And unlike their competitors, it's highly unlikely you will see anything in any media publication to push users towards them. Google had multiple ad campaigns for maps before it replaced things like Garmin GPS and in car GPS. Garmin and TomTom sold millions of dedicated GPS devices before Google killed their business model.
  
  Its a great app but has some problems I can't just ignore, the ones mentioned above are what I need and I can't get it working
  
  The fact it doesn’t show you the best match of your search based on distance by your location (or is because)
  That highly depends on the search engine you're using, OsmAnd for example sorts the search results by distance to your location.
  It doesn’t show the 2 places I sent ~1 month ago or they’re hard to find (available on site, not on organic maps)
  That's an Organic Maps problem, they only update the OSM database once a month, and you have to click the update button manually when they do so.
  I kinda recommend against Organic Maps at this point. It's a dumbed-down app with bad routing, bad search, and slow updates. The only thing it has going for it is that it has the best UI/UX (especially for new users) compared to other FOSS openstreetmap apps. If you're ok with proprietary nonsense, mapy.cz is a lot more fleshed out, and otherwise you should just learn and configure OsmAnd for yourself.
  
  I use Organic Map and both my locations are on the site and if I open the location through the app, I see it but searching lead to no results. No idea why, maybe I can see them because I'm the author?
  That's an Organic Maps problem, they only update the OSM database once a month, and you have to click the update button manually when they do so.
  I thought was more. But it's up to date and I still can't see the place I uploaded more than 1 month ago, sadly.
  Eh I strongly prefer FOSS apps, OrganicMap was a cool project, can't find a Google maps alternative FOSS and reliable
  
  Someone at OM forgot to click the "reindex-db" this morning 🤣
  
  Maybe ¯(ツ)_/¯ I wish OM was a little better in terms of places + db updates
- Surely that is following it? Change the name in American. Leave it the same in English.
  
  It's kind of a malicious compliance thing. The new name will not show up on any map renders, moreover it's not likely to be shown in most apps even if you select the object (because official_name:* is not supported by most apps).

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