MapQuest Tops App Store Charts After Refusing 'Lake America' Change

[BotchQue]

I thought MapQuest was a video game.

 

[Non-Euclidean]

Printed MapQuest instructions are what actually caused to buy my very first GPS.

I used MapQuest printed directions a multi-state trip that ended up taking me down an unmarked dirt road (that I'm not entirely sure was even a public road). Several miles down that road there was an oak tree that had fallen completely across it blocking it. Fortunately, I was in a lifted Wrangler that was tall enough to climb over the tree, but swore then & there I was never using their maps again.

As soon as I got to my destination, I went to the closest Best Buy and bought a "Magellan" windshield-mounted GPS (that was super overpriced and under powered at the time). Never looked back since then.

Ack, I don't remember those, but Garmin was really popular for a while.

 

[Kottu]

If I search from Sweden, Apple maps still shows Lake Ontario. Google shows Lake America in brackets.

 

[SidricTheViking]

As of 17:19 this evening in Ireland, google maps (via Safari on my iPhone — I don’t have the app) shows Lake Ontario with nothing in brackets underneath!

 

[Non-Euclidean]

Turkiye has been the name of the country since it was founded in 1923. It's just been anglicized since. There's a pretty big difference between a country requesting that their original name be used and changing the name on a whim.

Named after Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey.

 

[It’s always something]

Turkiye has been the name of the country since it was founded in 1923. It's just been anglicized since. There's a pretty big difference between a country requesting that their original name be used and changing the name on a whim.

Turkey has been called Turkey for centuries.

 

[Armeniandave]

Turkiye has been the name of the country since it was founded in 1923. It's just been anglicized since. There's a pretty big difference between a country requesting that their original name be used and changing the name on a whim.

If they’re going to spell it correctly then it’s spelled Armenia 🇦🇲.

 

[DaveTheRave]

This is another attempted distraction from rock bottom poll numbers, a war of choice Don got himself stuck in and the Epstein files which he's all over.

Never forget this. It’s all about Epstein. Trump is willing to sacrifice our soldiers lives on a whim to distract us from it. It’s sickening.

 

[contacos]

Every time I read things like these I am like damn the US President has way too much power on its own.

 

[It’s always something]

Every time I read things like these I am like damn the US President has way too much power on its own.

Yes. This. Much of it was given to him by lazy fools in Congress over decades, and then SCOTUS went and made it infinitely worse by giving him so-called immunity that is absolutely unconstitutional. 😡

 

[redheeler]

Was thinking of switching, is Mapquest any good for real?

EDIT: Its trash. Can't even find the settings to change from miles to kilometres lol

It’s literally the 2nd option in the app settings, are you for real? 🤦‍♂️

 

[Happy_John]

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If I search from Sweden, Apple maps still shows Lake Ontario. Google shows Lake America in brackets.

But only in brackets, and only after the recognised name. It hardly looks like Google is accepting "Lake America" as the recognised and accepted name for the lake. Hardly a vote of confidence for the name change.

 

[Spooner83]

Bravo to Mapquest 👏

 

[redheeler]

If they’re going to spell it correctly then it’s spelled Armenia 🇦🇲.

Big yikes. It’s like people are just rage baiting in this thread.

 

[dannys1]

So they kept the name of the country "Turkey", right?

Oops, they didn't. Pop quiz, can anyone in these forums properly type the name of the country without any form of assistance? No autocomplete or spell check or searching for stuff.

Erdogan is almost as much of a bellend as Trump.

 

[mittencuh]

Named after Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey.

Thanks for the info, as a historian of the modern Middle East, I had no idea.

 

[Happy_John]

Big yikes. It’s like people are just rage baiting in this thread

Well, it fits the topic.

 

[mittencuh]

If I search from Sweden, Apple maps still shows Lake Ontario. Google shows Lake America in brackets.

Yes, Google follows that same logic since the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico for people who aren't in the USA or Mexico.

 

[redheeler]

So they kept the name of the country "Turkey", right?

Oops, they didn't. Pop quiz, can anyone in these forums properly type the name of the country without any form of assistance? No autocomplete or spell check or searching for stuff.

Türkiye

Fun fact: on iOS you can do this

 

[TroyBoy30]

hahaha dude worked more in the 1st day than biden worked in 4 years. i dont remember any crying from you guys when the auto pen was running the country.

 

[PsykX]

Finally, a company who's not bending both knees to the President Orange. MapQuest has earned all my respect 👍🏻

 

[It’s always something]

hahaha dude worked more in the 1st day than biden worked in 4 years. i dont remember any crying from you guys when the auto pen was running the country.

You really believe anything that the malignant narcissist says?

 

[lazyrighteye]

Well that was the biggest no-brainer of a download, ever.
Won't actually Open the app, but happy to add a +1 to their download tally.

 

[boswald]

I remember MapQuest. Way back in 2008, before GPS on phones became "a thing," I had to use MQ to print out directions to drive cross-country to find my girlfriend. Followed the directions to the letter, and wound up in a completely different part of the state. Almost had my car stolen. I thought, "what a wonderful time to be alive." FF to now and I still hate MapQuest.

 

[Soccerrick10]

50x 0 still equals a loser in the market place.