Google Maps users have noticed and started documenting the way parks are being labeled in B.C. and Canada. Screenshots provided to Global News show B.C. provincial parks are identified as “state ...

Google Maps users have noticed and started documenting the way parks are being labeled in B.C. and Canada. Screenshots provided to Global News show B.C. provincial parks are identified as "state ...

The categorization pre-dates 51st state rhetoric but is getting fresh attention with concerns over sovereignty. The categorization is also used by other services including Bing and TripAdvisor.

After facing criticism over renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps, Google is now scrambling to make corrections in Canada following uproar from locals. Recently, some ...

and Pinecone Burke Provincial Park have been incorrectly categorised by Google Maps as "state parks"— an Americanism — despite being officially recognised as “provincial parks” in Canada.

fanning the flames of their concern surrounding President Donald Trump’s comments that Canada will become the U.S.' "51st state." "I went to go look for myself on Google Maps, and sure enough ...

We’re actively working to update labels for parks in Canada to avoid confusion,” Google Canada said in a statement. Google explained that its mapping system contains multiple labels for parks and that ...

“There (are) not any state parks in Canada regardless of what Trump wants Google to have people think,” commented one Google Maps community member with the username Kelly Knudsen on the post ...

Google says it's working to relabel Canadian provincial parks on its maps services after Canadians raised concerns about sovereignty.