{"id":1836474,"date":"2025-02-11T10:25:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1836474"},"modified":"2025-02-11T16:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T21:22:34","slug":"google-and-the-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/02\/google-and-the-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Google and the Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What I see here in Canada. Google Maps (screenshot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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. A blog post by Google outlines who will see what where<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Google (screenshot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Andrew Middleton notes<\/a> that review by the Board on Geographic Names \u201cusually takes a while. Two weeks is a freaking speed run. The Board is completely nuts if they think it\u2019s ok to approve a name that no one even heard of before last month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More coverage at BBC News<\/a>, CNN<\/a>, TechCrunch<\/a><\/em> and The Verge<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously: Naming the Gulf<\/a>; Google Maps to Use \u2018Gulf of America\u2019\u2013Others Not So Much<\/a>; More Reactions to \u2018Gulf of America\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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… 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":[82,1719,448],"class_list":["post-1836474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-toponyms","tag-google-maps","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-trump","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1836778,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/02\/gulf-of-america-compliance-and-resistance\/","url_meta":{"origin":1836474,"position":0},"title":"‘Gulf of America’: Compliance and Resistance","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"17 February 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"Apple Maps (screenshot) Compliance While it was reported that Apple would comply with the \u201cGulf of America\u201d renaming, I wasn\u2019t sure what Apple would do outside the U.S.; now it appears that it will follow Google\u2019s lead and show both names. 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