Why does Apple Maps say Gulf of America?

after several questions to apple support. I have found out

1 that Apple app just uses usgs names and data so if the usgs changes the name then Apple just uses it.

2 that all Apple users world wide see the new name.

3 that Apple support is taking feedback

What is the region set on your device/Apple Account? Physical location would not be expected to make a difference whether you use a VPN or not.

For everyone here, Apple does not read these threads. If you want to communicate to Apple directly, please send them feedback here:

Feedback - Maps for iOS and iPadOS - Apple

Names are, of course, malleable. Maps reflect changing and fluid datasets and names that vary greatly from one region to another. The USGS has changed the name of the body of water. As such, users in the United States see the official name as determined by the USGS. International users see the body as named for 400+ years. This is not unusual as many place names are called by different names in different regions.

Mr. Finch (and others) have already explained the workings.

Your indignation w/ Apple (who BTW is not even present in this community of fellow users) is at best misplaced.

You CAN make feedback directly TO Apple here:

Feedback - Maps for iOS and iPadOS - Apple

Maps.me shows Gulf of Mexico. It’s also available offline.

swing42..

Perhaps you'd also need to watch your pets names too?

..If your black Lab, answered to Ralph, now won't he come

to heel. Instead, respond - only to 'pinkFrenchy Poodle'.

Since by decree and without practical reason, the

word may come down (or up) to make that pet also

be required to use different names, than assigned at

birth; and against believed systems that may frown.

'Top-down democracy' said to once happen; inside a

modernized east-asian country, for awhile. ~ Maybe

won't do here. Newer land, defines life more recently.

..As stated here, in 'non-political' neo-humor sense..!🙃💮

Who on earth gives a flying ____ what the name on the map says? GPS navigation still works on it, boats still float on it, and nearly everyone complaining about the name change has neither seen, swam, sailed, bicycled, or walked on it. There are those in this country that are incensed with the word America though.

VikingOSX wrote:

Who on earth gives a flying ____ what the name on the map says? GPS navigation still works on it, boats still float on it, and nearly everyone complaining about the name change has neither seen, swam, sailed, bicycled, or walked on it. There are those in this country that are incensed with the word America though.

I agree that most have never even see the label until they have actively looked for it. I can say that anytime I use Apple Maps, there is no way that the map is even zoomed out enough to see the label. In no way does it come up when I am searching for businesses or getting driving directions.

VikingOSX wrote:

Who on earth gives a flying ____ what the name on the map says? GPS navigation still works on it, boats still float on it, and nearly everyone complaining about the name change has neither seen, swam, sailed, bicycled, or walked on it. There are those in this country that are incensed with the word America though.

While I understand, in theory, the objections, I also don't see that it makes any real difference to my life or anyone else's.

I do have feelings about changing Denali to Mt. McKinley. I find it interesting that no one is complaining about that change here. It took Apple a little longer to implement that but it has changed.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

I do have feelings about changing Denali to Mt. McKinley. I find it interesting that no one is complaining about that change here. It took Apple a little longer to implement that but it has changed.

And I have feelings about NOT changing Mt. Rainier to Tahoma. Admiral Rainier was Royal Navy, and fought on the British side in the Usonian Revolution.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

And I have feelings about NOT changing Mt. Rainier to Tahoma. Admiral Rainier was Royal Navy, and fought on the British side in the Usonian Revolution.

I will work on it. Is "Usonian" a typo? Or is it an evolution of your new word? It's sound a bit less alien but still pretty good. I'd vote for it.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Lawrence Finch wrote:

And I have feelings about NOT changing Mt. Rainier to Tahoma. Admiral Rainier was Royal Navy, and fought on the British side in the Usonian Revolution.

I will work on it. Is "Usonian" a typo? Or is it an evolution of your new word? It's sound a bit less alien but still pretty good. I'd vote for it.

No, Usonian is a proposed name for residents of the United States, and used by Frank Lloyd Wright to describe prefab metal house designs that he actually built and that still have people living in them→https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usonia

VikingOSX wrote:

And,my old Alma mater Ft. Bragg has had its name restored, not for Braxton Bragg of the Civil war era, but another decorated Bragg from WW2.

And apparently, people on both sides are unhappy about it. I find it a bit humorous.

IdrisSeabright..

Usonian: one meaning from Frank Lloyd Wright, appears

w/ DuckDuckGo search engine result; among others and

in general proposed a New World view and name-sake

..rather than 'America' ~ & now has different meanings.

Usonia (/juːˈsoʊni.ə/) "is a term that was used by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to refer to the United States in general (in preference over America), and more specifically to his vision for the landscape of the country, including the planning of cities and the architecture of buildings. Wright proposed the use of the adjective Usonian to describe the particular New World character of the American landscape as distinct and free of previous architectural conventions."

Usonia - Wikepedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usonia

So that's another view of meaning that is not strict dictionarium.

What are Usonian-style homes? - Mansion Global

Wright's Usonian Homes - Frank Lloyd Wright Sites

And given my proximity to the McKinley vs Denali debate, I'm not

neutral. - Historically without racist impingement, Denali was first.

I've only been in the new fake named former president park once

with my parents & sister, in our family's new 1965 Ford Bronco.

In local schools back then, a few years after AK Statehood, Alaska

History was taught as part of public schools curriculum by former

'Territorial School System' teachers; who came to Alaska with their

own books and supplies. And went to remote areas on and off road

and knew more than simple book learning; most grew up on farms

lived in semi rural farm communities; & plenty hands on experience.

Dad wanted better than a Jeep. He bought a barebones Bronco

without back seat, and hunted from the Denali Highway; as that

had been the only drivable road into central Interior AK, back in

the days where one could walk into a sea of caribou and direct

traffic, to sent few into your hunting camp, along that dirt Hwy.

Most we knew were multi-task individuals, few NRA, fewer non-vets.

And they were of the greatest American generation, built on the

backs of where they lived and what they chose to learn & teach.

We still believe in a wider view than current circumstance allows.

But naming already named mountains here is hardly new; and

misnaming by newcomers is very old here in wilderness Alaska.

And carries with it, feeling of over-reach and bureaucratic smell.

PS: belated lengthy reply here, seems to include ideas added

to thread not in evidence when my construct initially began

Sorry for any apparent duplicate effort.