San Francisco (AFP) – Google on Monday changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” for those using its Maps platform inside the United States, complying with an executive order by President Donald Trump.
The tech giant wrote in a blog post that users outside the United States will continue to see both the original and new name for the Gulf of Mexico, as is the case for other disputed locations.
“People using Maps in the U.S. will see ‘Gulf of America,’ and people in Mexico will see ‘Gulf of Mexico.’ Everyone else will see both names,” Google wrote.
Google said the change aligns with its policy of following official US government geographic designations through the Geographic Names Information System.
Upon taking office, Trump signed executive orders not only changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico but also reverting the name of Denali, America’s highest peak, to its former moniker Mt. McKinley.
In 2015, then-president Barack Obama officially recognized the Alaska mountain as Denali, the name used by Alaska Natives for centuries.
Trump’s renamings sparked criticism from indigenous groups in Alaska, who have long advocated for maintaining the Denali name, and raised diplomatic concerns with Mexico.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has cheekily suggested calling the United States “Mexican America,” pointing to a map from before one-third of her country was seized by the United States in 1848.
Everyone else will see both names.
Fuck you.
…aligns with its policy of…
…complicity and hate. See: removal of BHM and Pride from calendar.
See: removal of BHM
big handsome men?
They removed the start of Black History Month. And Pride.
Switch to Open Street Map
Download OsmAnd
Downloading. Is this good for driving?
OrganicMap is on iOS and Androïd. It’s fantastic. You can doxnload chunks of regions and druve without connexion. Perfect to drive in a foreign country.
Goddamn Americans and their imperial systems
What’s next? Can you relabel Canada as the Hat of America?
It seems the name is propagating beyond English and beyond the USA, as an addendum to the current name. Worrying.