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All searches in my town (Gatineau) list it as Ottawa but should be Gatineau.

Gatineau - Quebec - Canada Is not Ottawa - Ontario - Canada

It's very annoying and error inducing.

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[โ€“] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not even the region name as that would be Outaouais.

[โ€“] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yes it's not the geographic region name, but seems to use the map name

For example much of western Sydney is shown as Liverpool even though that is one area