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Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Reviews
- throwaway784989 2y agoI wonder why they don't give the US the same courtesy they give other nations and at least provide both names, one in parenthesis. Not that it matters much, this name thing is just distracting nonsense. I'll never stop calling it by its correct name anyway. It doesn't matter what Trump wants. He's not my boss.
- prepend 2y agoI expect that if you’re in Mexico using Google Maps it will still show “Gulf of Mexico.” Political boundaries vary in different countries and google maps shows the border differently between India and China depending on where you are using the app. It’s just a variable name. Different countries call the same thing by different names.
- lxgr 2y agoSupposedly Apple is renaming it globally: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-11/apple-is-renaming-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america-on-maps-app https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-11/apple-is-...
- cwillu 2y agohttps://i.imgur.com/BslNOL0.png https://i.imgur.com/BslNOL0.png They do, if you're not in the US and subject to Trump's whims.
- libsofhn 2y ago[flagged]
- throwaway784989 2y agoI know. That's why I said that I wished they'd extend the US the same courtesy they extend other nations. Trump can't force them not to, they're choosing not to.
- stuaxo 2y agoThe UKs view of The Gulf Of Mexico in Google Maps is this, I should check which is first though.
- vintagedave 2y ago> one in parenthesis This is what I see. Estonian Google (possibly EU-wide?) shows 'Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)'. In Estonian, 'Mehhiko laht (Ameerika laht)'. I don't see why any European version of Maps needs to show the American name at all. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mehhiko+laht+(Ameerika+laht)/@24.3419472,-94.7428371,2061323m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x85f1032277809767:0x4061678d86094852!8m2!3d25.304304!4d-90.065918!16zL20vMDNmXzk?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mehhiko+laht+(Ameerika+lah...
- yostrovs 2y agoThe solution that would liberate Google and not generate confusion and hostility would be for Estonians to use a European mapping service. Better yet, an Estonian one.
- albert_e 2y agoSo each country is now free to engage in this zero value games and cry foul when big tech doesn't heed or update quickly enough?
- acac10 2y agoThey always have been. Falklands vs Malvinas, Bodensee vs Lake Konstanz, Lake Geneva vs Lac Léman, countless islands in South China, Sea (Philippines vs Chinese names), Japan vs Korean island names, Chine vs Russian names and on and on. Only uninformed people are surprised by this.
- asacrowflies 2y agoThis is still a rather radical departure from the usual way USA handles these type of things....
- barryrandall 2y agoIt's great because it gives politicians a foreign enemy to deride, generates lots of online engagement, doesn't impact people's lives in any meaningful way, and when it's implemented, it's only visible to people in the country ordering the rename.
- rdsnsca 2y agoCanada sees "Gulf of Mexico (Golf of America)" in both Apple and Google maps.
- mediumsmart 2y agoIs this about the golfo de gringo loco?
- tanseydavid 2y agoYes, and according to Golf Digest, his handicap is as low as 2.8. Can you believe it? Yeah, me neither.