Why does Apple Maps say Gulf of America?

Thanks for the details! Lawrence and I have been having a conversation about geographic naming that has wandered through a number of threads. There was an earlier post in one of them about "USAans."

Everyone in my family who has ever been to Alaska loved it. My father said he was tempted to jump ship there when he stopped there once while he was in the USN. That was probably before statehood.

It's certainly a complicated issue. If I were in charge (we're probably all lucky I'm not), there would be no naming of anything after people or companies.

That is not true. I'm not located in the United States (or a neighboring country) and I'm not using a VPN, yet the Gulf of Mexico shows up as "Gulf of America" for me in both the desktop Apple Maps application and the iPhone Apple Maps app.

Antitrumper wrote:

That’s illegal and I’m insulted you would change the name without Congressional approval

FIRST: I didn’t change it. I’m just a user like you in this user-to-user forum

SECOND: Apple didn’t change it

THIRD: It was LEGALLY changed by USGS, the official goverment agency responsible for US maps

FORTH: Congress does NOT have to approve of changes to official maps

FIFTH: If you think this is the highest priority problem facing the US currently you haven’t been paying attention

Antitrumper wrote:

That’s illegal and I’m insulted you would change the name without Congressional approval

Changing the USGS data does not require Congressional approval, but Congress can force a change through legislative action and have it changed back if they were inclined to do so. I assume you have been in contact with your Congressional Representatives. They are responsible for representing your views and you are responsible for choosing the ones to do that.

Users in the United States will see the name as it is the official name provided through USGS. Users elsewhere will see the name the body has had since 1607.

Not according to Apple support. All Apple users world wide see the new name.

I will absolutely not be using Apple Maps until they reflect the true name: Gulf of Mexico.

Swing42 wrote:

I will absolutely not be using Apple Maps until they reflect the true name: Gulf of Mexico.

Ok. Problem solved.

Swing42 wrote:

I will absolutely not be using Apple Maps until they reflect the true name: Gulf of Mexico.

Then you will also not be using Google maps. They also made the change.

Google has it too. Is there a real map app or do we need a new one?

kitten1kt wrote:

Google has it too. Is there a real map app or do we need a new one?

So far, MapQuest is an option for you.

Thank you VERY MUCH. I sure will.

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.

That’s illegal and I’m insulted you would change the name without Congressional approval

Me too