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On 1/28/2025 9:39 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8634nwxd46o

Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America in US

Google will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in
its Google Maps app, the company has said, after US President Donald Trump
ordered that the body of water be renamed in US government documents.

Among the numerous executive actions Trump signed in his first week in
office was one to retitle the Gulf of Mexico on official US maps and
federal communications.

The change in name will only appear for Google Maps users in the US.

Google also said its US app users would see North America's highest
mountain, Mount Denali, revert to its previous name of Mount McKinley,
following a separate renaming push from Trump.

If you want to see the real names of these geographic features, get a VPN and connect to a location outside the U.S.

"We've received a few questions about naming within Google Maps," the
company said in a social media post on Monday. "We have a longstanding
practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official
government sources."

Google said the changes - for both Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali - will
be made "quickly" once the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is
updated.

"When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official
local name," the company said. "Everyone in the rest of the world sees both
names. That applies here too."

The name change appears to be of high priority for Trump, who mentioned it
in his inaugural address on 20 January - just minutes after taking the oath
of office.

"America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful,
most respected nation on Earth, inspiring the awe and admiration of the
entire world," Trump said at the time. "A short time from now, we are going
to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America."

Utter insanity. He is truly off his rocker. The Mad King of America. And
the tech broligarchs are sucking up to him as if he were Putin.

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