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[–] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Apple Maps gets their data from openstreetmap, where anyone can insert a "place" if there's not.one there already.

I think some Japanese person just put up an entry and Apple Maps scooped it up as-is.

The hotel I work for (also in Crete) was listed in the wrong address in Apple Maps and I had to make an openstreetmap account to edit it. It's showing correctly now.

Edit: I went to the place on Apple Maps and it's plain old English in mine, either they corrected it or it's a regional thing. It's not like this on openstreetmap either

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, somebody didn't like a neighbour near us. Their garage had like 10 entries: Sausage Butcher Laundromat Loans Etc

[–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Doesn’t open street map call it the Gulf of Mexico?

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico#Name

Basically they list all, with gulf of mexico as the default for the en locale and an entry for official name in en-US

[–] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So Apple is specifically choosing the government tag then.

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes. Without knowing their infrastructure, they obviously cache and probably process the raw OSM data locally. If they chose to use their own overrides or the official-tag is impossible to tell.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the tutorial. I’ve only ever done a few edits to OSM. Didn’t know the finer details.

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

An easy way to contribute is via a phone app called StreetComplete. It asks you questions about stuff near you when you are out. For example, names of places, if the crossing is handicap friendly, road surfaces, etc etc

Edit: I wrote another post about it a while back, https://lemmy.world/comment/18685150

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If anyone is curious, it's "Romantic Beach Villas".

[–] nihilomaster@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I really had to look up what a u with dakuten means because I'd never seen it before.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Same, apparently it's Vu

[–] nantsuu@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago

The Japanese actually says Romantica Beach Villas.

I never knew this could happen!

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Looks like at least 4 languages in that screenshot? Maybe 5?

[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I counted 4

English Japanese Greek German

[–] regdog@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There is actually no english in that screenshot. The map labels like „Restaurant“ are all in german, as are the UI elements.

[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago

Even Ivy league? I mean, I thought league in German was liga, but I'm taking that from bundesliga