Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US users

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Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US users
Reuters
January 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM


WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

The change will be visible in the U.S., but the name will remain "Gulf of Mexico" in Mexico. Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps.

The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, to Mount McKinley.

Google Maps, which is owned by Alphabet's Google, will make a similar change with Mount McKinley.

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[PittBlue]

1. What utter b.s.

Why are they doing this?

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

14. Google Maps uses the official US government names

That the US Geologic Survey publishes in their Geologic Names Information System. Trump ordered the name changed so the government USGS is changing it. Since they are changing it and Google Maps uses it as their primary source of names, Google is changing it.

[maxsolomon]

21. Why is the Trump Admin doing this? Stigginit.

Why is Google doing it? To avoid a fight.

[MaeScott]

2. Now using Duck Duck Go

[claudette]

10. I always use DuckDuckGo

Closed out my gmail account long ago

[prodigitalson]

30. Yeah I use the Duck as my search engine

I need a good replacement for Google Earth.

[Sanity Claws]

12. I'd like to stop using gmail. Do you know what is available?

I just made up my mind to move away from my google account but need to know alternatives to gmail. I'll do some research this evening but it would be nice to know what others have done.

[LeftInTX]

16. They use Bing which already changed to from Denali Mt McKinley

Just was on Duck Duck Go

[MaeScott]

29. Well damn it all to hell

[consider_this]

3. I don't know what is real anymore - here we are - 1984!

[C_U_L8R]

4. I suggest renaming Google to Booble.

Bootlicking is never a good look.

[lame54]

24. Or Gargle

[sop]

5. When will Google maps be changed to "The United States of Trump"?

Seriously? WTF is going on?

[usonian]

6. Coming soon to a Google map near you:

The Atlantic is renamed Lake Bedminster,
Europe renamed Putainia.
Three continents: Eurasia, Eastasia and Oceania. (1)

And Mars? You already know that one.

(1) https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219940527
Their plan. Divide the world three ways.
Putin, Trunk, and Xi.
THE NEW WORLD ODOR

[ShepKat]

7. now deleted from my laptop

There are a multitude of websites that do what G-earth does.
Good frken riddance. I don't even allow chrome on my laptop.

[prodigitalson]

15. What are they. I use Google Earth a lot but would use something else.

[ShepKat]

23. mapping like 'Gaia' - off the top of my head

maybe not perfectly for some applications. There are others

[prodigitalson]

31. thanks...I'm gonna deGoogle to the best of my ability

[orangecrush]

8. The Gulf of Bullshit

[claudette]

9. Another reason

to hate Google and never use it. Which is why I don’t

[ariadne0614]

11. I've used Google forever, but this is more than I can stomach.

I don’t even know what the alternatives are. Suggestions please?

[-misanthroptimist]

13. Google biology, in accordance with Trump's understanding...

...will now refer to:

-eyes as "head cameras"
-ears as "sound holes"
-noses as "smell thing"
-anuses as "Trump"

[Initech]

17. Sorry, Google, but I will refuse to validate this madness.

Fuck Trump and the America First crowd!

[Lulu KC]

18. My eyes are rolling in my head so frequently that my vision is impaired n/t

[Timewas]

19. Google

Dumped em

[City Lights]

20. Eff Google and their Dotardus rump-kissing. nt

[JoseBalow]

22. There are non-Google alternatives for EVERY product they offer

I do not support the Google surveillance machine.

[Crunchy Frog]

25. Are there any alternatives to Google maps?

I'll have to use a vpn when I use them in the future anyway.

[taxi]

27. There are several that come up in a search.

Two were of interest to me.
The first I tried out was TomTom, then decided against it.
The second is Here WeGo (this is not a link. On P_lay_Store their icon looks like the letter W). I haven't tested it out while driving but it has step-by-step directions and current route information, estimated times, an on-screen mute button, and will remember your parking spot. It allows the use of downloaded maps and can save directions. There are things that are not there, but this one is worth a try, IMO.

[Gore1FL]

26. Now I have to use a VPN to get accurate geographical information. nt

[walkingman]

28. What the "dear leader" wants the "dear leader" gets.

[themaguffin]

32. I recommend when they switch, that everyone report it on maps. Every. Day.

[bif]

33. Embarrassing.