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Google Maps renames "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" even faster than US government

Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.

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Google Maps renames "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" even faster than US government
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Filed under Technology · US & Canada · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: Ontario (17), Lake Ontario (8), Lake America (4).

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