Three teenagers from Willoughby, Ohio tricked Google Maps into renaming a local road to 'Harambe Dirve' after the gorilla who was killed in Cincinnati Zoo.
Harambe was fatally shot by zoo keepers when a little boy fell into his enclosure in May.
The teens sent complaints to Google and said that the road named 'Shankland Road' was actually 'Harambe Drive'.
They were shocked when the name was changed by Google on Friday.
WE SENT COMPLAINTS TO GOOGLE MAPS SAYING SHANKLAND ROAD WAS ACTUALLY HARAMBE DRIVE AND THEY CHANGED IT IM SCREAMING pic.twitter.com/b7SvgDzx2K
— chris gallagher (@gallagherc_) July 23, 2016
The road name has since been changed back but the teens behind the tribute, Chris Gallagher, Max Brinton and and Matej Nujic are proud of their achievement.
Gallagher told Buzzfeed that he thinks Harambe would feel "pretty honoured"
Here's how the teens managed to get the street name changed:
Google Maps allows users to alert them of errors like a wrong address or incorrect business information, by suggesting an edit to them.
This is quite a simple process - users simply have to open the location on maps and report a data problem.
However the suggestion is, according to Google, reviewed before any editing of the address takes place.
It has yet to be confirmed whether the company knew of the teens intentions or not but nonetheless they succeeded in having the street renamed for a few days before it was corrected.
Checking Google maps when I noticed the road next to my old high school {Shankland Road} changed to Harambe Drive pic.twitter.com/sphXfKlmsU
— Alex Stoyy (@astojovich) July 24, 2016
