Google maps updates Gulf of Mexico name for US users
Source: BBC News
Explaining the move, Google said it was making the change as part of "a longstanding practice" of following name changes when updated by official government sources.
It said the Gulf - which is bordered by the US, Cuba and Mexico - would not be changed for people using the app in Mexico, and users elsewhere in the world will see the label: "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)".
It comes after President Donald Trump ordered the body of water to be renamed in US government documents after he returned to office last month.
Mexico had decried the move, arguing that the US had no legal right to change the gulf's name.
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I remember Google being liberal friendly…Apparently not anymore 
It even has GPS and voice directions. So I will try that...
The odds are the other maps will all follow suite anyway. All Google needs to do is change a name in a spreadsheet and it changes it on the map. (I create pins in google maps. It's super easy) All you gotta do to change the name of a pin is to change a word in the spreadsheet.
It looks the official US maps (not google) require going into the actual graphic software and changing the name. Hence official US maps have not been changed.
I'm not sure how other interactive internet maps works.
This is what Apple maps has. Users on Reddit state that when you click on the name, it changes to Gulf of America.
I don't know if the name on the physical map is as easy to change as on Google's
Google began to populate the change on Feb. 10, and Apple just a day later, on Feb. 11. Microsoft's Bing Maps had not made the change as of press time, but a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed it was on the way.
"We are committed to providing users with accurate and up-to-date information," the Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement. "In accordance with established product policies, we are updating Bing Maps to reflect the Geographic Names Information System's nomenclature in the United States which includes changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in the US."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gulf-america-divides-google-maps-163903833.html
Here is why Google was the first. Their maps are super easy to change.
I'm sure their master list is a spreadsheet and all they needed to do was change the name..
The simple change the name on their master spreadsheet.
And here is how users can create their own maps:
1. Make a spreadsheet
2. Upload it to Google Maps.
3. Share
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=11A055LGa25q9bm_v-5Ft8j5DdX3refI&ll=34.72984028999504%2C-72.06965538194444&z=5
Of course I don't have access to change the real maps, but I can create my own maps with whatever names I want, wherever I want.
Oh well, I'm glad I don't need to ditch Google! I've relied on Google for all sorts of political mapping. We create maps of polling sites, election results, you name it. You just can't do that with Bing. Esri is an option, but it's also expensive.
Google is free.
Mapquest still is Gulf of Mexico.
Fuck you Google for helping normalize his insanity! 
