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Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps
(www.usatoday.com)
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this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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Huh, do they really change names of international things when only one party says so?
Denali/McKinely is one thing, it's part of the US. But the Gulf of Mexico is a mix of US, Mexico, Cuba, and international waters. I wonder what they show Google Maps users who are in Mexico.
They have clear rules for contested areas... that they follow in an as clear way as their user support rules.
That's reassuring. We all know that google is the best at user support.
I found this paragraph...
From this webpage... https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/can-trump-change-the-name-of-the-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america
Naming things is complicated.
It's not really a case where some organisation has the authority to name something. Rather people just call something a name, and organisations adopt that name.