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Vote to change it to Gulf of Luigi

Wait... so... this was not a joke? They're serious?

How do people not understand that Google Maps is regional, and the region sees their official government-endorsed maps?

It's my understanding that the executive does not have the authority to unilaterally change official geographic names. As of my writing this, the name “change” has NOT been adopted by the United States government. Congress granted that authority to the US Board of Geographic Names in 1890. Unless accepted by the US BoGN, it changes nothing. I suppose Congress could rename it if they passed a bill that the president signed into law overriding that authority for that specific case, but until they did so, it’s not official.

Here is the link to the US Geographic Names Information system page showing the current official name of the Gulf of Mexico: https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/558730. Note the list of accepted variant names, which still doesn’t include “Gulf of America”.

Google are saying here that they will only change it on maps if it's made official by the US Government, which has not happened yet. That's why they haven't made any change yet, and won't unless Trump gets the US BoGN to do his bidding.

Time to ditch Maps then.

Jesus fucking christ

Cowards and sycophants. But this is a problem I, as a Chicagoan, am already familiar with. You see we have this building called the Willis Tower. But everyone here knows that Willis is correctly spelled "Sears."

So you see, the correct spelling of the America in the context of the Gulf is "Mexico."

So why didn't they change Crimea to be part of Russia, if that's always been the longstanding policy, Google?

(Note; I'm not suggesting it is a part of Russia; just pointing out the hypocrisy of Google since Trump claiming ownership of the Gulf of Mexico is the same thing as Russia claiming ownership of Crimea.)

This should be only for users in that shithole.

Does anyone know if Waze will warn you if there is an accident ahead and will redirect you?

i think mexico should name gulf of california to gulf of mexico

Now US can start claiming islands just like China does with the South Sea

WTF?

I propose eveyone rename it to "Gulf of low egg prices"

Step 1: Rename "South China Sea" to "'Murica Sea"

Step 2: ???

Step 3: 🪖☢️🚀💥❓️🤔

Mexico should rename Baja California to Península Pacífica.