{"id":1805974,"date":"2022-02-03T18:57:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T23:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1805974"},"modified":"2022-02-03T19:15:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:15:16","slug":"the-atlantic-on-the-board-of-geographic-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/02\/the-atlantic-on-the-board-of-geographic-names\/","title":{"rendered":"The Atlantic on the Board of Geographic Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/01\/renaming-racist-places-board-on-geographic-names\/621342\/\"><em>The Atlantic<\/em>\u2019s David A. Graham looks<\/a> at the history and painstaking deliberation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/us-board-on-geographic-names\">Board of Geographic Names<\/a>. \u201cUsually, the public eye is far from the BGN, a member of the class of government bodies whose work you could go a lifetime without thinking about, even though it\u2019s all around you. But the board now finds itself in the middle of the fiery national debate over racism and language. In recent years, the BGN has spent more of its time reconsidering offensive names than doing anything else, but the process typically takes months and is reactive by design, with names considered case by case upon request.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/MAPSL\/posts\/5474034082611348\/\">MAPS-L<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/11\/secretary-haaland-takes-action-against-derogatory-place-names\/\">Secretary Haaland Takes Action Against Derogatory Place Names<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlantic\u2019s David A. Graham looks at the history and painstaking deliberation of the Board of Geographic Names. \u201cUsually, the public eye is far from the BGN, a member of the class of government bodies&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/02\/the-atlantic-on-the-board-of-geographic-names\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692],"tags":[158,34],"class_list":["post-1805974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-toponyms","tag-usa","tag-usgs","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1805461,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/11\/secretary-haaland-takes-action-against-derogatory-place-names\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805974,"position":0},"title":"Secretary Haaland Takes Action Against Derogatory Place Names","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 November 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"We\u2019ve seen efforts to replace racist and offensive place names in the past, but in general they\u2019ve happened at the state or provincial level. 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The\u00a0Washington State Committee on Geographic Names\u00a0reviews proposals, and recommends\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Toponyms&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Toponyms","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/toponyms\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1789750,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/12\/approved-and-rejected-place-names-in-ontario\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805974,"position":2},"title":"Approved and Rejected Place Names in Ontario","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 December 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"CBC News explores how places in Ontario receive new names. 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According to Bloomberg, the change is happening today for U.S. users and rolling out globally later, which if true is a lot more compliance than Google is showing. AppleInsider, TechCrunch, The Verge. Apple\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Censorship&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Censorship","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/censorship\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1836474,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/02\/google-and-the-gulf\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805974,"position":4},"title":"Google and the Gulf","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"11 February 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"What I see here in Canada. Google Maps (screenshot) Three weeks to the day after Trump\u2019s executive order directing that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed Gulf of America, the new name now appears on Google Maps for U.S. users; outside the U.S. and Mexico, users see both names. 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In Canada the provinces (since 1961) and territories (since 1984) do most of the actual naming (exceptions include Indian reserves, military reserves and national parks, which are done jointly by the relevant federal department and the province). 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