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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Is Google maps a thing? Have they changed the name?

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 17 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

They did when he declared the Gulf of Mexico had a new name, so did others. Nearly immediately.

[–] TrumpetX@programming.dev 7 points 3 hours ago

I stopped using Google Maps the second this happened. Fuck that cowtow bullshit.

[–] Mokopa@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Only if you were looking at the map from a US IP address iirc. It's still gulf of Mexico for the rest of the world, but with the stupid name in brackets now after it.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

They should put what everywhere calls every location in brackets if they’re gonna do that.

The names were not and will not be changed in an official capacity.

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yup. I just checked MapQuest though, and they did not.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago
[–] Furbag@pawb.social 9 points 6 hours ago

If you want to know who still has integrity left, just open up their maps/navigation app and see what they call the Gulf of Mexico.