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.