Lake Ontario. Now and Always.

Set a Worldview for Embedded Maps

Platforms show different borders and geographic names depending on the national setting used. For Canadian maps, choose Canada explicitly:

Google Maps: use region=CA

Apple Maps: use data-country-code="CA"

Google Maps

Google Maps Place ID: query_place_id=ChIJZ-G9BQUy1IkR6CdJm2IqWBg

The embedded maps are anchored on Place ID for the lake.

`region=CA`

Canada

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`region=US`

United States

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`region=MX`

Mexico

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`region omitted`

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When region=CA: Google names Lake Ontario correctly.

<iframe
  src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/view?key=API_KEY&region=CA">
</iframe>

When region is omitted: Google currently renders the U.S. worldview.

Google Maps Feature ID: ftid=0x89d4320505bde167:0x18582a629b4927e8

Apple Maps

`data-country-code="CA"`

Canada

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`data-country-code="US"`

United States

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`data-country-code="MX"`

Mexico

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`data-country-code omitted`

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When data-country-code="CA": Apple names Lake Ontario correctly.

<script src="https://cdn.apple-mapkit.com/mk/6/mapkit.core.js"
  data-country-code="CA"></script>

When data-country-code is omitted: Apple currently infers the country code based on the user/request location and renders the corresponding worldview. The result can vary by viewer. data-country-code is functional but remains undocumented: Loading the latest version of MapKit JS.