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to the gulf stream waters?!....Apple Maps follows Google and uses renamed 'Gulf of America'....... - NewtonMP2100 - 02-12-2025
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Apple Adopting 'Gulf of America' Naming for Apple Maps
....Apple is in the process of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and changes are already being made to the Apple Maps app. When searching in the Maps app for Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico name is shown or the name is blank, but tapping into the area shows the "Gulf of America" wording.
According to Bloomberg, Apple is rolling out the Maps change in the United States today, so the name should shift for most U.S. users in the near future. Apple plans to change the name for all users globally in the future.
Google this week also made good on its promise to adopt the new naming, and "Gulf of America" is now visible in both Google Maps and Waze.
Google and Apple use data from the U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) when naming world locations, and GNIS updated its database with the "Gulf of America" name change this week.
Google has explained that Maps users in the United States will see "Gulf of America" instead of "Gulf of Mexico," while users in Mexico will continue to see Gulf of Mexico. In the rest of the world, the name for the body of water between Mexico and Florida will continue to be named Gulf of Mexico, but Gulf of America is shown in parentheses below. Apple might adopt similar changes outside of the United States.
When U.S. President Donald Trump took office on January 20, one of his first orders was changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Other countries do not refer to the area as the Gulf of America and are not required to accept the U.S. name.
Trump also said that Alaskan mountain Denali was being renamed to Mt. McKinley, but Google Maps and ?Apple Maps? have not yet made that change........
.................Gulf of..........wtf..............?!
Re: to the gulf stream waters?!....Apple Maps follows Google and uses renamed 'Gulf of America'....... - PeterB - 02-12-2025
Thank you. I just reported this as an error in Apple Maps. I encourage you all to do the same.
Please note that no legitimate international or scientific organization refers to this body of water by any other name. It is also against our First Amendment rights to have to refer to it by anything other than its common name:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico#Gulf_of_America
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gulf-of-mexico-ap-reporter-banned-gulf-of-america-1.7456618
Re: to the gulf stream waters?!....Apple Maps follows Google and uses renamed 'Gulf of America'....... - steve... - 02-12-2025
Gulf of Mexico still shows for me on Apple Maps.
(late 2015 iMac, OS Mojave 10.14.6)
Re: to the gulf stream waters?!....Apple Maps follows Google and uses renamed 'Gulf of America'....... - PeterB - 02-12-2025
steve... wrote:
Gulf of Mexico still shows for me on Apple Maps.
(late 2015 iMac, OS Mojave 10.14.6)
I just checked on this on my MBP running Mojave, and it is labeled as Gulf of Mexico, BUT... when pinned, it's Gulf of America.
Re: to the gulf stream waters?!....Apple Maps follows Google and uses renamed 'Gulf of America'....... - Speedy - 02-12-2025
“Google has explained that Maps users in the United States will see "Gulf of America" instead of "Gulf of Mexico," while users in Mexico will continue to see Gulf of Mexico.”
Incorrect on that last phrase, I’m in Mexico City right now and Apple Maps has it as Gulf of America on my iPad running the latest iOS. I reported the error as PeterB suggested.
Re: to the gulf stream waters?!....Apple Maps follows Google and uses renamed 'Gulf of America'....... - PeterB - 02-12-2025
FWIW, a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll finds his decision to try to rename the Gulf as one of the very LEAST popular -- about 70% disapprove of the change (to me, not surprising at all).
Interestingly, of his recent executive orders/proposed actions, the only one that has really overwhelming approval is the downsizing of the government.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-sour-some-trumps-early-moves-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-01-28/
Re: to the gulf stream waters?!....Apple Maps follows Google and uses renamed 'Gulf of America'....... - jonny - 02-12-2025
So fugking stupid.
Re: to the gulf stream waters?!....Apple Maps follows Google and uses renamed 'Gulf of America'....... - Lemon Drop - 02-12-2025
jonny wrote:
So fugking stupid.
Just wait for Red, White and Blueland
Bill just introduced in the House
"Rep Earl Carter (R-GA): “America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland. President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal.”
Re: to the gulf stream waters?!....Apple Maps follows Google and uses renamed 'Gulf of America'....... - vision63 - 02-12-2025
Lemon Drop wrote:
[quote=jonny]
So fugking stupid.
Just wait for Red, White and Blueland
Bill just introduced in the House
"Rep Earl Carter (R-GA): “America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland. President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal.”
I truly can't stand him. He is so incredibly stupid.
Re: to the gulf stream waters?!....Apple Maps follows Google and uses renamed 'Gulf of America'....... - Lux Interior - 02-12-2025
It does what he wants.
Makes simple minded people happy.