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Apple Maps now shows the Gulf of America
- nielsbot 2y agoSo did this change at the US agency level? Or is this preemptive?
- tssva 2y agoIt changed at the US agency level.
- 1659447091 2y ago> "President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the name change in January, and the change entered the federal naming database, the Geographic Names Information System, this week." Temporary federal change until the next president signs an executive order un-doing it.
- dnjdkdldh 2y agoThis is Apple appeasing Trump. They'll change it back if another branch of government successfully challenges the change. Apple has made the business decision that this petty thing will appease Trump, and that appeasing him will help their bottom line. Gross.
- alwillis 2y agoGoogle did the same thing: https://www.theverge.com/news/609772/google-maps-gulf-of-america-rename-mexico https://www.theverge.com/news/609772/google-maps-gulf-of-ame...
- 1659447091 2y agoThis is Apple following a federal name change. There are actual "gross" things being done to appease Trump by others; this is not one of them. If it were it would have been done in January when the order was signed, not this week when it hit the naming database.
- ChrisArchitect 2y ago[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43018825 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43018825