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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter asking Google to reject the U.S. decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on its mapping service.

  • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    3 小时前

    I’m legitimately saddened by the fact this even needs to happen because of this moronic cretin.

    • rumbaEnglish
      2·
      1 小时前

      I’m more worried about Elon ruining around in the treasury department at the moment.

      Whatever they call the golf for the next 4 years is just whatever they call it for the next 4 years.

      Google does a lot of geolocation dependent map drawing where borders are shown for one location and one country and in another location in another country

  • tiramichu@lemm.eeEnglish
    692·
    13 小时前

    Google is pretty well known for displaying certain ‘contested’ things with different names in different countries.

    It will change only for those viewing from the US I believe, not the rest of the world.

    That this should even be ‘contested’ is a joke, but Google views this Trump-pandering as the price of their seat at the top table for this new administration, and they’re quite happy to do it.

    If we have to rename it, my vote is for the “Gulf of CUM” (Cuba, USA and Mexico)

    That’s fair isnt it? 💦

      • nexguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        53·
        8 小时前

        So then in 4 years if a dem gets elected everything gets changed back… then a few years later if a rep gets elected…flipflop forever?

        • RainBlast@startrek.websiteEnglish
          11·
          7 小时前

          Reread what you replied to. He wants it to be called the same thing it has always been called and what the rest of the world calls it. No president should be able to arbitrarily rename shit every 4 years. It dissolves the utility of giving things names.

          • nexguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            4 小时前

            I agree and it wasn’t a reply, just a thought that it could technically flip back and forth…ridiculously. which is very sad. It will always be gulf of Mexico and denali to me.

    • sik0fewl@lemmy.caEnglish
      21·
      8 小时前

      It sounds like their is only one English language version of Maps, so Canada, UK, etc. will also change.

  • AndrewZabar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    222·
    12 小时前

    Why did the name get changed? U.S.A. needed another ego stroke? Our public perception of nonstop ego-masturbation slowing down?

  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
    281·
    13 小时前

    Huh, I’m in the US and noticed it’s still the Gulf of Mexico.

    • JelloBrainsEnglish
      16·
      12 小时前

      It’s not official until the Government enters it into the Geographic Names Information System. Once that happens Google will begin changing their maps.

    • CCMan1701A@startrek.websiteEnglish
      19·
      13 小时前

      They are likely waiting for the cartographers to finish their jobs… Unless they were asked to resign… Who knows how this government functions at this point.

      Waiting for the presidential cars to be replaced with cyber trucks.

  • CCMan1701A@startrek.websiteEnglish
    202·
    13 小时前

    I think the plan is if your in the US the name will change. I think. Something about USA being classified as a sensitive nation when before names didn’t hurt us.

    Backbone lost.

  • esc27@lemmy.worldEnglish
    123·
    13 小时前

    The people with the authority to officially change the name in the U.S. did so. The opportunity to do something about it was 3 months ago when only about a third of eligible voters voted against this crap. So here we are, and it is only going to get worse.