That would apply equally well to other bodies of water with disputed names, which have been stylized as e.g. Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) and Sea of Japan (East Sea) on Google Maps for like, 15 years?
How much outrage have you seen over those names?
How much outrage have you seen over those names?
I don't have a final answer for all situations, but certainly if you look at those things on the map right now they read one name, then the other in parentheses. The "Gulf of America" has no such parenthetical. That seems like an acceptable compromise that Google has already adopted in other disputes. I suspect it will rile the current administration, however, if they do so here, and so they have not.
edit: oh, I find Google has already addressed this, and it is only in the US that it is just gulf of america:
https://blog.google/products/maps/united-states-geographic-n...
ah well.
Names matter.
Names matter to egotistical politicians who want to secure an easy "win" to demonstrate their capability to their stakeholders.
Did Argentina invade the Falklands, or liberate Malvinas?
Why is part of the South China Sea now called the West Phillipine Sea but only in the Phillipines?
Why is the Republic of Macedonia now North Macedonia?
That said, those disputed territories are a bit of a hot button issue in the territories in question, just like this is a hot button issue for mexico.