Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.
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I was looking for a reason to fully commit to OpenStreetMap.
Pretty much any mapping software will follow suit as It's an official name change, so until it's reverted (if ever, because I could see a future Democratic President just leaving it as is because they don't want to be called anti-American on Fox), you'll just have to deal with it, unfortunately.
I can't see a future Democratic president.
After Trump kills himself in a bunker they'll get Jill Stein? It'll end somehow, unless Trump nukes us all.
I sure as hell hope the U.S. doesn't trade one Putin-lover for another. Plus, she isn't a Democrat.
OSM treats official names as tertiary to signage and local usage. It's also not chiefly American so doesn't have much reason to favour their usage over other countries'.
Mind that you can also have many names for one thing in OSM so it will probably be noted in there somewhere.
I had to have a look at the current situation, Gulf of Mexico currently has no fewer than 39 names listed
There is also an ongoing discussion about the executive order. From what I saw it seems to be leaning in favour of adding an
official_name:en-UStag if the order gets recognised by a relevant body e.g the US Board of Geographic names. Notably this is not the primarynametag.I guess the Gulf of Mexico is different from Denali in that it's outside of the US, so I'm not sure how that's decided. I guess American map makers (or anyone localising for the US) will use Gulf of America, while everyone else will continue using Gulf of Mexico.
FWIW, it's still Gulf of Mexico in my Google Maps, and so is Denali (using it from Australia).
I doubt OSM will change it. Its not a land mass in the US, the US has no authority in changing its name.
It's not an official name change... They have a governing body for name's and unless they change it, which they won't only the us will recognise the change... Whole things a pissing contest like trump himself... He's a bully and not a very good one
Why? they don't have to