@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.

@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