Re: gulf of america

On 2025-02-11 13:17:00 +0000, badgolferman said:

 It looks like Apple Maps has not updated their database yet.  Doesn't
America-based Apple follow official government sources?

Tim C(r)ook is more than happy to appease Trump the Chump and his moronic ideas ...   :-\
    Apple Adopting 'Gulf of America' Naming for Apple Maps
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    Apple is in the process of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the
    Gulf of America, and changes are already being made to the
    Apple Maps app. When searching in the Maps app for Gulf of
    Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico name is shown or the name is blank,
    but tapping into the area shows the "Gulf of America" wording.
    According to Bloomberg, Apple is rolling out the Maps change
    in the United States today, so the name should shift for most
    U.S. users in the near future. Apple plans to change the name
    for all users globally in the future.
    Google this week also made good on its promise to adopt the
    new naming, and "Gulf of America" is now visible in both
    Google Maps and Waze.
    Google and Apple use data from the U.S. Geographic Names
    Information System (GNIS) when naming world locations, and
    GNIS updated its database with the "Gulf of America" name
    change this week.
    Google has explained that Maps users in the United States will
    see "Gulf of America" instead of "Gulf of Mexico," while users
    in Mexico will continue to see Gulf of Mexico. In the rest of
    the world, the name for the body of water between Mexico and
    Florida will continue to be named Gulf of Mexico, but Gulf of
    America is shown in parentheses below. Apple might adopt
    similar changes outside of the United States.
    When U.S. President Donald Trump took office on January 20,
    one of his first orders was changing the name of the Gulf of
    Mexico to the Gulf of America. Other countries do not refer to
    the area as the Gulf of America and are not required to accept
    the U.S. name.
    Trump also said that Alaskan mountain Denali was being renamed
    to Mt. McKinley, but Google Maps and ‌Apple Maps‌ have not yet
    made that change.
    <https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/11/apple-maps-gulf-of-america/>
Dumbass Americans can try to call it whatever they like, but the reality Trump the Chump has absolutely no offical say in what names are given to things outside of American borders ... Gulf of Mexico is what it will remain for anyone with more than half a braincell.