On: Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Reviews

[albert_e]

So each country is now free to engage in this zero value games and cry foul when big tech doesn't heed or update quickly enough?

[barryrandall → albert_e]

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.

[rdsnsca → barryrandall]

Canada sees "Gulf of Mexico (Golf of America)" in both Apple and Google maps.

[acac10 → albert_e]

They always have been.

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

and on and on.

Only uninformed people are surprised by this.

[asacrowflies → acac10]

This is still a rather radical departure from the usual way USA handles these type of things....