Google Maps officially updated The name of the Gulf of Mexico at the American Gulf on Monday.
Among many other decrees, President Donald Trump decreed on the day of inauguration that the Gulf of Mexico would be renamed the Gulf of America. This executive decree also reverses a move from the Obama era to rename Mont McKinley in Denali, the name that Aboriginal peoples have used for centuries. Likewise, the name of the Gulf of Mexico was the most widespread name For the body of water since the 16th century.
The president declared that these names are part of a gesture towards “[restoring] American pride in the history of American grandeur. »»
Monday afternoon, Google Maps users in the United States will see the name of the Gulf of Mexico changed to be the Gulf of America. International users will see the two names, while Mexican users will only see the Gulf of Mexico. Google has already declared in January that it would respect Trump’s executive order once the place names have been updated in the United States geographic name information system.
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum said she would send a letter to Google by questioning the company’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps. But Google’s decision to modify the name of the Gulf is in accordance with its existing policies on how to navigate the differences in name between countries. On mobile, Google modifies the cards to align with the location of the user country, determined by the operating system, the SIM and the user network.
While Google has respected Trump’s order, Apple has not yet updated the name of the Gulf of Mexico or Denali on its Maps application. When searching for “Gulf of America” on Apple cards, the application gave no results.
The CEO of Google Sundar Pichai and the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, both attended the inauguration of Trump; Cook personally Do 1 million dollars at the Trump inaugural fund, while Google also made a million dollars contribution.
Update, 2/10/25, 9:30 p.m. he with additional Google information.
