I don’t want my map showing this farce of gulf of America. I’d like it to show the correct name, Gulf of Mexico. I’d like to change it back?
iPhone XR, iOS 16
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Yep… In order to fix this then your location must be changed to somewhere that is not in the U.S.A
betaneptune wrote:
MapQuest still calls it "Gulf of Mexico".
And I care...why? I don't use MapQuest. And, in the large picture of current affairs, this is all very un-important.
IdrisSeabright wrote:
To the best of my knowledge, Apple has in fact only changed it for people whose region is set to USA.
In Canada it is "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"
Tkbwcats wrote:
I don’t want my map showing this farce of gulf of America. I’d like it to show the correct name, Gulf of Mexico. I’d like to change it back?
The name has been change to Gulf of America, for American side.
You can take it up with POTUS.
Tkbwcats wrote:
I don’t want my map showing this farce of gulf of America. I’d like it to show the correct name, Gulf of Mexico. I’d like to change it back?
It isn't unusual for countries to have their own place names on the map.
willemijn115 wrote:
What kind of answer is this? Why did Apple change the name of the Gulf of Mexico?
Maybe I can say from now on we change the name for Apple in to Pear.
What kind of analogy is that?
If you don't like the name change which his only for America, you can simply packed up your belongings, move to Mexico change your phone region to Mexico and then you can have your gulf of Mexico on your map.
willemijn115 wrote:
What kind of answer is this? Why did Apple change the name of the Gulf of Mexico?
Maybe I can say from now on we change the name for Apple in to Pear.
You are certainly free to do that. People who disagree with you are also free to ignore it. Something to consider.
How silly no one is moving to Mexico because we have a loon running the show. My question was legit in why can’t we as users change it back to how we prefer it? The correct terminology the rest of the world is using!
The name is not incorrect. The USGS (United States Geological Survey) has changed the name from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Google Maps has changed the name also. The USGS changed the name to comply with the president’s executive order. Apple and Google had no choice but to also comply or face huge fines, just like they complied with the TikTok ban. You can be sure that Apple consulted its army of lawyers before doing this and were told they had to comply. So until it is rescinded or a lawsuit is filed challenging the presidential executive order the name change will stick. This only applies to U.S. maps. The rest of the world can keep calling it the Gulf of Mexico.
lkrupp wrote:
The name is not incorrect. The USGS (United States Geological Survey) has changed the name from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
That is correct. Just like with the weather app, Apple is not a meteorologist and actually predicting the weather, they simply rely on the data available for the service and Apple's speciality is the UI for displaying that data. What you see is from the database used and for US customers using maps, that datasource is the USGS.
Yes can we please go back to the name that had been in place from multiple countries, cultures, and peoples for more than four hundred years to be “The Gulf of Mexico”! Apple is doing humanity a disservice by siding with one man’s opinion.
ccarp21 wrote:
Yes can we please go back to the name that had been in place from multiple countries, cultures, and peoples for more than four hundred years to be “The Gulf of Mexico”!
No.
Apple is doing humanity a disservice by siding with one man’s opinion.
Your count is off by more than 77 million
ccarp21 wrote:
Yes can we please go back to the name that had been in place from multiple countries, cultures, and peoples for more than four hundred years to be “The Gulf of Mexico”! Apple is doing humanity a disservice by siding with one man’s opinion.
No, please read through all the replies.
Histrionic….possibly, but we’ve (the world in general) had consensus on the name of the gulf since the 17th century. I’m only matching the energy of the person who felt the need to arbitrarily change history because he thought he could.
ccarp21 wrote:
Histrionic….possibly, but we’ve (the world in general) had consensus on the name of the gulf since the 17th century. I’m only matching the energy of the person who felt the need to arbitrarily change history because he thought he could.
I know it’s satisfying to focus on the small stuff, but there are much bigger issues that than the label that appears on a map.
i want to switch my maps back to gulf of mexico
