Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

On 2025-02-12 12:06, Frank Slootweg wrote:

[...]

   Funny thing is that if I use the web version of Apple Maps [1] (I
don't have an iDevice, so I can't use the app version), and search for
'Gulf of Mexico'. it returns a list of hits, which does *not* include
"Gulf of Mexico", but *does* include "Gulf of America". When I click on
the latter, it shows the Gulf with the label "Gulf of Mexico". So while
the news reports indicate that Google has caved in, but Apple hasn't,
Apple has actually partly caved in! :-)

[...]

[1] <https://beta.maps.apple.com/>

 
Frank,
 
Apple Maps doesn't return hits for bodies of water in general...
 
...and doesn't (as of this moment) return any hits for "gulf of america".

  Well, *here* [1] (in The Netherlands), the *web* version *does* return
hits ("Gulf of America"), both for "Gulf of Mexico" *and* for "Gulf of
America" and clicking the "Gulf of America" hit gives you a pin in the
Gulf. The only 'positive' thing is that the label below the pin is "Gulf
of Mexico".

  Bottom line: Apple is a bit confused, but has not (yet?) caved in! :-)

[1] The news reports have indicated that (Mexico versus America) results
depend on the country of the user.