It's great because it gives politicians a foreign enemy to deride, generates lots of online engagement, doesn't impact people's lives in any meaningful way, and when it's implemented, it's only visible to people in the country ordering the rename.
Falklands vs Malvinas,
Bodensee vs Lake Konstanz,
Lake Geneva vs Lac Léman,
countless islands in South China, Sea (Philippines vs Chinese names),
Japan vs Korean island names,
Chine vs Russian names
I wonder why they don't give the US the same courtesy they give other nations and at least provide both names, one in parenthesis. Not that it matters much, this name thing is just distracting nonsense. I'll never stop calling it by its correct name anyway. It doesn't matter what Trump wants. He's not my boss.
The solution that would liberate Google and not generate confusion and hostility would be for Estonians to use a European mapping service. Better yet, an Estonian one.
I expect that if you’re in Mexico using Google Maps it will still show “Gulf of Mexico.”
Political boundaries vary in different countries and google maps shows the border differently between India and China depending on where you are using the app.
It’s just a variable name. Different countries call the same thing by different names.
I know. That's why I said that I wished they'd extend the US the same courtesy they extend other nations. Trump can't force them not to, they're choosing not to.
