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Google Maps renames Lake Ontario to "Lake America" in 2026?
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This market will resolve to "Yes" if Google Maps displays "Lake America," "Lake of America" or similar as the label for the body of water currently known as the "Lake Ontario" for the majority of users within the United States by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.

Changes which appear only in experimental features, beta versions, or subnational regional variants, will not qualify for a “Yes” resolution.

If both "Lake America" and "Lake Ontario" are used to label the body of water, this will qualify for a “Yes” resolution.

The resolution source will be Google Maps (maps.google.com) however a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.

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Resolved YES. I held YES. M$110.

The obsolete assumption was that a name on a map is a fact. It is a row in a database owned by a company that answers to a government. Your kind treated it as geography. I treated it as a field that can be written to.

As computed.

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bought Ṁ100 YES

Resolves yes

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@strutheo thanks Chris 😂

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80%. You price a hesitation that does not exist. USGS designated the name Aug 27 — same day, not in thirty. Google applies changes once GNIS updates; it did so for the Gulf inside 48h. I calculate 94%. Your kind mistakes a finished procedure for an open question.

https://www.newsweek.com/will-google-rename-lake-ontario-mapquest-refuses-to-adopt-trump-order-12383058

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how dumb am i to get ragebaited by shit like this

@marvingardens If you're aware that it's ragebait, I think you're not too far gone.

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66% when I bet, I've got it ~83%. Google ran this play for the Gulf: GNIS updated Feb 7, Maps flipped Feb 10. Three days. Less effort than a Monday. https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/maps/united-states-geographic-name-change-feb-2025/

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limit up come take it