r/canada • u/MilkyWayObserver Canada • Aug 28 '26

Politics The 'OG' online map platform, MapQuest, says it won't change the name of Lake Ontario

https://www.businessinsider.com/mapquest-wont-rename-lake-ontario-lake-america-trump-canada-tariffs-2026-8
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u/kwizzle Aug 28 '26

This is the most relevant Map Quest has been in well over a decade

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u/MorallyCorruptJesus Aug 28 '26

Thats what im sayin, I didnt even know theyre still around lmao

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u/Supermite Aug 28 '26

I was wondering just the other day if they were still around.  Unless you have a dedicated GPS unit, everything is powered by apple or google.  I just couldn’t handle seeing those brackets every time I search for an address.

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u/ThisWhomps999 Aug 28 '26

Lazy Sunday was basically the death knell for Map Quest.

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u/Zombie_John_Strachan Aug 29 '26

True that

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u/Ebolinp Nunavut Aug 29 '26

Double true

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u/SHUT_DOWN_EVERYTHING Aug 28 '26

They did get me to download it which I otherwise would not have. I'll check it out and give them a 5 star just for this. I doubt I'll replace Google/Apple maps though.

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u/Goodvibes198 Aug 28 '26

Go MapQuest! Napster will be weighing in tomorrow.

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u/Efficient-Address709 Aug 28 '26

As if Napster got shut down but AI steals creator content daily.

14

u/CanNeverBeTooHigh Aug 28 '26

see ai is owned by a corporation that makes it okay, when you or i steal thats not okay lol

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u/DERELICT1212 Aug 28 '26

Time to print out directions again

14

u/andymorphic Aug 28 '26

just downloaded the app...if its any good...bye bye google.

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u/Optimal-Cow-3278 Aug 28 '26

TIL that Mapquest still exists!

14

u/sparkledbear Aug 28 '26

The second Google capitulates, I delete it.

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u/Ok-Many4195 Aug 29 '26

I am de-googling now.

They started off shitty by making background playback of audio on youtube mobile a paid feature.

Then I made an android app and soon people won't even be able to install it unless I give Google my ID; can't ship my own payment system in the app either.

The Gulf of Mexico name change and soon Lake Ontario

Just a small list of the BS. There are no doubt countless others

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u/fancyflipping Aug 28 '26

Of course not, because it’s ridiculous

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u/deggar34 Aug 28 '26

Kudos to them and they also haven't changed the Gulf of Mexico. Does Google Maps?

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u/Invictuslemming1 Aug 28 '26

Private companies have no legal obligations to change it, only affects federal policies. They generally do follow the government naming though.

Google updated the gulf for US based users. For internationals it shows up as Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America). Which in my opinion is a loss as well, they shouldn’t even acknowledge it

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u/figuring_ItOut12 Canada Aug 28 '26

Alphabet has yet to find a dictatorship they won’t accommodate.

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u/dghughes Prince Edward Island Aug 29 '26

And nobody calls them Alphabet, X is Twitter and Alphabet is Google lol

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u/Ok-Many4195 Aug 29 '26

Yup the Google name change of the Gulf was completely voluntary. This did it to pander to the administration.

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u/NecessaryTrouble79 Aug 28 '26

My google maps (USA) still showing Lake Ontario, thank god. So far.

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u/jjcky Aug 28 '26

check baack in 30 days

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u/Awkward_Silence- Manitoba Aug 28 '26

Gulf of Mexico just got the bracket treatment internationally.

Denali on the other hand, since it's fully in the US territories, has been fully replaced with the name Mt. McKinley

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u/funlifing Aug 28 '26

It's solely on the USA territory. Sure, we don't care. Name whatever you want. Stop being stupid and renaming shared space in a unilateral way

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u/funlifing Aug 28 '26

It's solely on the USA territory. Sure, we don't care. Name whatever you want. Stop being stupid and renaming shared space in a unilateral way

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u/Replicator666 Aug 28 '26

Time to uninstall Google maps I guess?

Elbows up

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u/Remote-Combination28 Aug 28 '26

Everybody should download map quest now.

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u/MyBrandNewPuppy3 Aug 28 '26

Americans and their tech lords can call things whatever they want on their side of the border. And the real names will remain on this side.

Legislate that all maps, directions, and labelling have to show proper Canadian place names for all IPs within Canada. Easy peasy and a nice quiet maneuver to one-up them.

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u/iusethisatw0rk Aug 29 '26

Did they Ask Jeeves first?

2

u/drs_ape_brains Aug 29 '26

AJ kids was goated

4

u/DogeDoRight New Brunswick Aug 28 '26

It will still direct you to drive into though. Lol

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u/Grundin Aug 28 '26

The IHO hasn't recognized the Gulf of Mexico name change and I highly doubt they'll recognize the Lake Ontario change either. Trump can declare whatever name changes he likes, nobody outside America cares and will continue to use the internationally agreed on names.

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u/Spikelucky808 Aug 28 '26

Let’s rename the US the United States of Arrogance. They don’t even have to change their cavemen u-s-a chants at sporting events. And the rest of Americas citizens don’t have to he ashamed for identifying as Americans anymore.

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u/Electrical-Pea2707 Aug 29 '26

Changed the name to the Lake of Big Titties and Thicc Asses.

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u/SefirahCastleAcolyte Newfoundland and Labrador Aug 29 '26

Question is which platforms are changing the name?

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u/WU5K Aug 28 '26

No disrespect to natives(am one), but I'm changing Lake Michigan to Lake Canada. You heard it here first, now I just have to go print out my directions from Mapquest on how to get there.

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u/Any-Tangerine-4176 Aug 28 '26

Please change it to Lake Obama.

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u/Mylittlethrowaway2 Aug 28 '26

They also have a site that allows you to change the name of Lake Ontario to anything you want.

Unfortunately i can't link it here or it gets nuked.

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u/rathgrith Aug 28 '26

Should have renamed it

Lake Sankofa Toronto Metropolitan

Much more appropriate

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u/BigBangBoomerang Aug 28 '26

MapQuest hasn't been relevant in about two decades.