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I'm all for swapping apps, but Organic Maps doesn't even have my home address. And I live in a major metropolitan area.

I use Google maps mostly to find out where things are, and unfortunately OSM does not have as many places as Google Maps. I can add one or two places I notice are missing (even though the phone interface isn't that easy) but Google Maps consistently has better information, so I mostly use organic maps for when I already know the address or already know the location is in its database.

Just swapped apps. Thanks for the suggestion!

I can't seem to do this from the phone app

Obviously that's not going to make one iota of difference. They're an American company and they have been ordered by the president of the country to do this. They already do similar things in other authoritarian countries like China and Turkey, because anything else would risk the safety of Google employees.

If you don't like it, change to a non-American product and/or vote for a different president.

I'm in Canada, and Google maps shows me the same as what you are seeing.

This is the way.

How does it compare to OsmAnd?

I love that it's not google, and the UI is nice, but the lack of realtime traffic info is a real blocker for me

It’s a massive upgrade in terms of aesthetics and privacy!

Same here in Europe.

This is highly irregular for several reasons:

Google adheres to official government positions, yes, but as far as I'm aware the American government hasn't made the name change official yet. Members of the government have said that they'd do this, but I don't think this idea has passed any process yet. So then why is Google "updated" their maps?

When Google adheres to official government positions, they are local. In example, when you're in China and look up Taiwan, it'll appear as part of China. In other countries it'll appear as either an independent country or a disputed territory, depending on that government's official position on the matter. What we DON'T see is something like "Taiwan (China)", as Google supposedly has no intention on forcing the policies of one government upon another government, and as far as I'm aware the rest of the world hasn't agreed to changing The Gulf of Mexico to The Gulf of America.

From the Wikipedia for Gulf of Mexico:

While the Interior Department confirmed that the Gulf of America name was effective for U.S. federal agencies, on January 24, the change does not apply in an international context.

If Justin Trudeau gets active on this, you can probably get it to Gulf of Canada (Gulf of Mexico) (Gulf of America).

Expect in the near future:

Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) (Gulf of CUM)

Greenland (New Alaska) (New Siberia)

Gaza Strip (New Houston)

Falkland Islands (Las Islas Españolas) (Les Îles Napoléon)

Antarctica (American Liberty Glacier)

Same in Europe

You do you, but that is literally yelling at a cloud.

Stop using Google services altogether, delete your accounts. Block ads. That's the only way to cost them some pennies.

I found this paragraph...

Can Trump change the name of the Gulf of Mexico? Maybe, but it’s not a unilateral decision, and other countries don’t have to go along. The International Hydrographic Organization — of which both the US and Mexico are members — works to ensure all the world’s seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and charted uniformly, and also names some of them. There are instances where countries refer to the same body of water or landmark by different names in their own documentation.

From this webpage... https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/can-trump-change-the-name-of-the-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america

They have clear rules for contested areas... that they follow in an as clear way as their user support rules.

Street Complete is amazing! Perfect for people who find going on a walk too boring, like me

Recently began contributing to OpenStreetMap. Information on my place is quite outdated, lots of work to do!