Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Reviews

Re:Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Re... by throwaway784989 on Thursday February 13, 2025 @07:19AM (#43035149)

I wonder why they don't give the US the same courtesy they give other nations and at least provide both names, one in parenthesis. Not that it matters much, this name thing is just distracting nonsense. I'll never stop calling it by its correct name anyway. It doesn't matter what Trump wants. He's not my boss.

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Re:Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Re... by prepend on Thursday February 13, 2025 @07:39AM (#43035276)

I expect that if you’re in Mexico using Google Maps it will still show “Gulf of Mexico.”

Political boundaries vary in different countries and google maps shows the border differently between India and China depending on where you are using the app.

It’s just a variable name. Different countries call the same thing by different names.

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Re:Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Re... by lxgr on Thursday February 13, 2025 @08:13AM (#43035477)

Supposedly Apple is renaming it globally: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-11/apple-is-...

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Re:Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Re... by cwillu on Thursday February 13, 2025 @07:57AM (#43035383)

https://i.imgur.com/BslNOL0.png

They do, if you're not in the US and subject to Trump's whims.

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Re:Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Re... by libsofhn on Thursday February 13, 2025 @09:15AM (#43036035)

Cry me a river Zwilluu

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Re:Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Re... by throwaway784989 on Thursday February 13, 2025 @11:04AM (#43037305)

I know. That's why I said that I wished they'd extend the US the same courtesy they extend other nations. Trump can't force them not to, they're choosing not to.

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Re:Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Re... by stuaxo on Thursday February 13, 2025 @08:48AM (#43035769)

The UKs view of The Gulf Of Mexico in Google Maps is this, I should check which is first though.

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Re:Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Re... by vintagedave on Thursday February 13, 2025 @10:01AM (#43036531)

> one in parenthesis

This is what I see. Estonian Google (possibly EU-wide?) shows 'Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)'. In Estonian, 'Mehhiko laht (Ameerika laht)'.

I don't see why any European version of Maps needs to show the American name at all.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mehhiko+laht+(Ameerika+lah...

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Re:Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Re... by yostrovs on Thursday February 13, 2025 @11:30AM (#43037725)

The solution that would liberate Google and not generate confusion and hostility would be for Estonians to use a European mapping service. Better yet, an Estonian one.

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