@DemocracyMattersALot place and feature names on maps are usually the officially recognized names. Trump passed a law, as moronic as it is, and now we have a new name that these companies use. My map company does the same thing.
Not defending Trump, just explaining how maps are made.
He issued an Executive Order, which doesn’t have a same weight as law—Congress never voted on it.
@DemocracyMattersALot @silent_john executive orders are instructions from the chief executive to the rest of the executive branch as to how to go about implementing the laws passed by Congress; they’re not only not laws, they don’t apply to anyone outside the executive branch at all.
IIRC private companies started making the change because various departments promised retaliation if they didn’t, starting with revoking any government access. They’re giving in to criminal bullying
@silent_john @DemocracyMattersALot Yes but then:
* When you're inside the USA and you look at the map, show "Gulf of America". USA do USA, see if I care.
BUT
* When you're outside the USA, accept that the USA has no, ZERO, jurisdiction over the naming of international bodies of water. It's Gulf of Mexico OR whatever it's called in the local language, e.g. in The Netherlands you might see "Golf van Mexico".
@rozeboosje @DemocracyMattersALot localization should be a thing. It depends on what your local government accepts as "truth". Simply flipping your VPN also might not reveal the correct answer, as you might have cached tiles, etc...
My point is, no matter how stupid the decision to change the name is, it *is* an officially recognized name change.
@rozeboosje @DemocracyMattersALot
You're arguing just to argue. Re-read what I posted. That's exactly what I said, and in fact how it works...
I just pulled up gmaps on mexico vpn (and private session to avoid cached tiles) and it shows Golfo de México. Same with Canada.
I did the same with Apple Maps and it shows the localized name: Gulf of Mexico.
I work in the industry, we don't get to arbitrarily decide what names to show.
@silent_john @DemocracyMattersALot No, I'm arguing fact.
I'm in the Republic of Ireland. On an Irish network. When I navigate to that body of water in Google Maps I should see "Gulf of Mexico" and NOTHING else. Instead, I see this shite:
I don't care WHAT industry you work in. This is the fact of what I'm seeing even though I'm outside Trumpistan
Because Congress didn't change the name, even in the US the official name is Golf of Mexico.
Sadly much of the US is brown-nosing Trump, granting him more power than he actually has.
And lern and teach the power of EOs and why Trump gets his kicked out on the regular. It is embarrassing, how much SCOTUS is waisting time on them.
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