Posted by DD, partially republished from SDPnoticias and Mexico News Daily
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| fGoogle Maps edits: the Chamber of Deputies, left, and Los Pinos. |
Last weekend, the name of the official residence of President Enrique Peña Nieto as it appeared on Google Maps was changed from Residencia Oficial de Los Pinos to Residencia Oficial de la corrupción, or Official Residence of Corruption.
That name change was followed by another in a similar vein soon after. The name of the lower house of Congress, officially the Cámara de Diputados, or Chamber of Deputies, became Cámara de Ratas, or Chamber of Thieves, while the Palacio Legislativo, or Legislative Palace, became Palacio de la Ratería, which translates into Palace of Thievery or Palace of Dishonesty.
By Tuesday those maps showed no identification at all.
Google said the name change of the President’s home and the Congress was not a hack but was initiated by a user. Making changes to Google Maps is a simple matter of submitting a suggestion for an edit but such suggestions have usually been subject to review.
While it appears that someone was trying to have a little fun, it was probably not funny to the President and the Congress.
That name change was followed by another in a similar vein soon after. The name of the lower house of Congress, officially the Cámara de Diputados, or Chamber of Deputies, became Cámara de Ratas, or Chamber of Thieves, while the Palacio Legislativo, or Legislative Palace, became Palacio de la Ratería, which translates into Palace of Thievery or Palace of Dishonesty.
By Tuesday those maps showed no identification at all.
Google said the name change of the President’s home and the Congress was not a hack but was initiated by a user. Making changes to Google Maps is a simple matter of submitting a suggestion for an edit but such suggestions have usually been subject to review.
While it appears that someone was trying to have a little fun, it was probably not funny to the President and the Congress.
Now imagine the white house ?? So dirty no way that building can even have a spot of white.. . to be the boss u pay the cost.. And we got uncle Sam too in the payroll...lmao
ReplyDeleteHilarious!That's right up up there with Wachito's cartoon video.
ReplyDeleteNaming things what they are is a step in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteOne change a damn thing.
Delete9:15 making government officers the butt of the joke is the first step to getting rid of them, even alvaro uribe velez had some comedians murdered for it in culombia...
DeleteIn Mexico they've been the butt of jokes for years and years but it hasn't changed a damn thing.
DeleteCartoons dogged Porfirio Diaz for years, are killing epn, and are welcoming president-elects to hell these days, don't get me started with the jokes, but google them...Stephen Colbert has a few about urkraine...
DeleteSoooooo true.
ReplyDeleteGoogle does not lie. Ask a question? Or a destination? It does not LIE!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's wrong sometimes and has been documented.
Delete1:32 google has been wrong, maybe,
Delete--it sure did not shatter anything broken,
except for a twisted ass here and there...
8:46 Not maybe, it has been wrong. Didn't you read, I wrote it's been documented a fact acknowledged by Google itself. What exactly don't you understand?
DeleteSeems about right
ReplyDeleteLOL :-)))))
ReplyDeleteGreat sense of humor. Great creativity by that individual.
Ain't that the truth. Should have stayed like that
ReplyDeleteWish Google can update to accommodate the rest of Rats Globally 🤣
ReplyDeleteSo what's new!
ReplyDeleteTrump did it!
ReplyDeleteOra el pinchi guugle ya no va a dejar cambiar shit...
ReplyDeleteGoole never heard of it
ReplyDeleteCant google get sued for that? But it is wat it is
ReplyDeleteSo dope lol
ReplyDeleteA similar thing was done about a year ago, in reference to the famous Casa Blanca of EPN and Gaviota. DD, you must remember that, right?
ReplyDeletehttp://aristeguinoticias.com/2501/mexico/en-google-maps-aparece-la-casa-blanca-como-museo-de-la-corrupcion/
Goole ?
ReplyDelete@4:08 You make a good proof-reader amigo. Thanks
DeleteIf the shoe fits.....
ReplyDeleteI don't think Google has anything to do with this.
ReplyDeleteGoogle read my mind, almost, I had a plan to call El Zocalo
Delete"La Plaza de los Asesinos", then you cross La Calle de los de los Rateros to get into the Nazional Palace,
--and "the 'heroic military college" that has become "la escuela de los lambegüevos"... let's start something there