Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates
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In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.
  • rimjob_rainerEnglish
    30·
    2 days ago

    They can name it how they want. They could name it piss puddle and the rest of the world wouldn’t care, it’ll still be Gulf of Mexico.

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      That’s an interesting theory, we may just test that out.

      But I suspect that ten years from now, it’s name will be whatever it’s been saying on the maps. Just ask New Yorkers (sorry, I mean new Amsterdamers).

      • rimjob_rainerEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        New Amsterdam is different, that was hundreds of years ago before there were millions of printed maps and it’s another thing to rename own landmarks after a conquest or something which isn’t within your country.