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[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What else would the policy be? Most lake names are in the countries native language, so it’s translated to English for us, but it’s not the actual lake names.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Openstreetmap uses on the ground policy - if you want to change the name of something you need to change the local signposts, which New York state won't be doing in this case