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I had been waiting to see when Google and Apple maps will make this change. I believe both now do this "Gulf of Mexico -> America" rename, however I found that Comaps (which I learned about from someone on HN, shoutout to whoever that was) never did. I'm not sure how they decide on names, but it seems better than leaving it up to whatever the POTUS feels like at the moment.

If Trump renamed the state of NY to New Trumpland, would Google and Apple go along with it? Seems like they would. It's just embarrassing.

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In Google Maps app (non-American version) it is already visible as “Lake Ontario (Lake America)”. Also Mapy.com has dual names.

Canadian-American border cuts the lake so dual name is obvious as Canada doesn’t have any intention to rename it.

Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) is the same situation. USA is the only country who changed the name so…

The other situation could be with cities or counties that are inside US territory.

Or take an example with Dept of War. Nobody abroad isn’t using Dept of Defense in their texts of anymore… (Btw Dept of War was since 1789 til 1949 then renamed to Dept of Defense.)

Different situation is with X. As the X is confusing for a lot of people, Twitter is added after slash to explain the situation (X/Twitter).

It should be noted that the name change in 1949 was done by an act of Congress, whereas the recent name was just an executive order, which has the same legal force as me scribbling on a piece of paper. The official legal name remains the Department of Defense and that’s what everyone ought to continue calling until and unless Congress passes a law to rename it.

> In Google Maps app (non-American version) it is already visible as “Lake Ontario (Lake America)”. Also Mapy.com has dual names.

In Canada I'm seeing simply "Lake Ontario" still.

That's what I see from Denmark.

Same for central Europe: Lake Ontario

The Department of War was split into the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force in 1947. The Department of War didn't include the Navy.

He might be limited to geological features under federal or split jurisdiction. So maybe the Cascades will become the Mountains of America and DC will become DT.

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