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What governing body enforces the naming of that body of water? I'm fairly certain anyone can call it whatever they want. If Mexico has a law that it needs to

What governing body enforces the naming of that body of water? I'm fairly certain anyone can call it whatever they want. If Mexico has a law that it needs to be named the golfo de Mexico then display that to requests coming from Mexico. Otherwise how can Mexico force Americans to call anything anything?

vkou 2y ago
Mexico should officially rename the US to "North Mexico".
- IncreasePosts 2y ago
  Fine then, display that to users in Mexico if that's the law.
  - vkou 2y ago
    The "Gulf of America" also appears to non-US users.
    - IncreasePosts 2y ago
      Who does it appear to? If that's an issue, then pass a law in Mexico saying the name needs to be presented a certain way.
    - vladvasiliu 2y ago
      In France on the iPhone GMaps app, it appears as “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”. It’s the same on Apple Maps. Bing maps in a browser says “Gulf of America”.
- abeppu 2y ago
  Ok, totally not the point ... but a big chunk of what is now the US was Mexico, and the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo (and to a lesser extent the Gadsden Purchase) officially handed it over -- so I think Mexico may actually have formally agreed that we're not North Mexico.
- wakawaka28 2y ago
  The difference is, of course, that the Gulf of Mexico is about as related to Mexico as New Mexico is to Mexico. That is to say, it's not theirs at all. Furthermore, "America" is a general geographic region and not technically exclusive to the United States. We are both in North America.
AStonesThrow 2y ago
"Enforce naming" seems an oxymoron isn't cartography and GIS crowdsourced to some degree? Why aren't y'all using OSM? "Mexico" is not some homogeneous monolith of amorphous identity and yes the history of "New Mexico" and Mexican citizens/nationals residing in the E.E.U.U. and Indigenous groups such as the Tohono O'Odham or Yaquis' governance and voices count. To varying degrees and some are sovereign tribes or communities; some self-identify in ways that may surprise us There's a feature in Maricopa County that is popular for hiking and nature, and now we carefully refer to the hill as "Piestewa Peak" to honor a fallen warrior who served her/my/our country to defend liberty, and I guess the freedom to rename stuff for posterity or prestige.

vkou 2y ago

Mexico should officially rename the US to "North Mexico".

IncreasePosts 2y ago
Fine then, display that to users in Mexico if that's the law.
- vkou 2y ago
  The "Gulf of America" also appears to non-US users.
  - IncreasePosts 2y ago
    Who does it appear to? If that's an issue, then pass a law in Mexico saying the name needs to be presented a certain way.
  - vladvasiliu 2y ago
    In France on the iPhone GMaps app, it appears as “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”. It’s the same on Apple Maps. Bing maps in a browser says “Gulf of America”.
abeppu 2y ago
Ok, totally not the point ... but a big chunk of what is now the US was Mexico, and the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo (and to a lesser extent the Gadsden Purchase) officially handed it over -- so I think Mexico may actually have formally agreed that we're not North Mexico.
wakawaka28 2y ago
The difference is, of course, that the Gulf of Mexico is about as related to Mexico as New Mexico is to Mexico. That is to say, it's not theirs at all. Furthermore, "America" is a general geographic region and not technically exclusive to the United States. We are both in North America.

AStonesThrow 2y ago

"Enforce naming" seems an oxymoron isn't cartography and GIS crowdsourced to some degree? Why aren't y'all using OSM? "Mexico" is not some homogeneous monolith of amorphous identity and yes the history of "New Mexico" and Mexican citizens/nationals residing in the E.E.U.U. and Indigenous groups such as the Tohono O'Odham or Yaquis' governance and voices count. To varying degrees and some are sovereign tribes or communities; some self-identify in ways that may surprise us There's a feature in Maricopa County that is popular for hiking and nature, and now we carefully refer to the hill as "Piestewa Peak" to honor a fallen warrior who served her/my/our country to defend liberty, and I guess the freedom to rename stuff for posterity or prestige.