Re: gulf of america

badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

Jörg Lorenz wrote:
 

On 11.02.25 15:34, Rick wrote:

On 2/11/2025 8:17 AM, badgolferman wrote:

The change follows an executive order by US President Donald
Trump  renaming the area. Google has previously said it has “a
longstanding  practice of applying name changes when they have
been updated in  official government sources.”
 
 
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/business/trump-gulf-of-america-google-maps-hnk-intl/index.html
 

I believe the legislation has 30 days to take effect.

 
Bullshit! The Trumpistan executive bodies have no direct say in such
matters. The whole thing looks the same as when the Sowjetunion
renamed Wolgograd to Stalingrad or St. Petersburg to Leningrad and
all lick spittles obeyed. Until 1990.
 
https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/what-geographic-names-information-system-gnis

 
 
In official US government documentation they certainly do have direct
say.
 

 
It's international waters. No they don't.
 
Countries can choose to name places within their own borders whatever they
like. The Gulf of Mexico is not within the US's jurisdiction.
 
 

 
Yes he does. His executive order to rename the body of water is pertinent
to US federal documents. He’s not forcing the international community to
change their documents.

This doesn't obligate mappers to change the international name. Google maps
is not a "federal document".