Apple Maps and Bing Maps join Google by modifying their software and applications to display now “Gulf of America” on the body of water which is known as the Gulf of Mexico Since the 16th century.
Google started to populate the change on February 10, and Apple a day later, on February 11. Microsoft Bing cards had not made the change from press time, but a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that it was on the way.
“We are committed to providing users with specific and up-to-date information,” said Microsoft spokesperson in a press release. “In accordance with established products policies, we update Bing cards to reflect the nomenclature of the information system on geographic names in the United States, which includes the change of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in States- United. ”
The transition is not yet integrated for any of the card sites. The entry of “Gulf” in Google Maps always refers “Gulf of Mexico” as the search result, but the selection of users brings users to the body of water with the Gulf of America as a label. In Apple Maps, the entry of the “Gulf of Mexico” brings users to a card in the region and modifies the research sentence in the Gulf of America. Tuesday afternoon, Bing Maps still returned the wording of the Gulf of Mexico, but the company’s declaration indicates that it is coming soon.
Before Apple begins to make the change, some people on social networks said Google adopting the modified name was sufficient to make them Go to alternative card software from Apple and Microsoft. A person wrote on x“It gives me no pleasure to announce that Apple cards and Bing cards are not higher in Google.”
A representative for Apple did not respond to a request for comments.
Google said at the end of January that it would change after a executive decree President Donald Trump called to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Google has declared in a series of publications on social networks that it was in accordance with the global data of navigation information systems and that it would take some time to update. On February 10, Google published a blog article Allow users to know what they will see in its software.
In the post, the company said: “The names you see in the MAPS application are based on the site of your country, which is determined by information from the operating system of your phone (for example, iOS and Android), including your SIM, your network and your parameter. Research parameters or your Device locationIf you haven’t selected. “”
