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points by aeyes 15 hours ago | 0 comments

What has changed? On my Google Maps it shows as: Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).

I'm located south of the equator.

It only shows Gulf of America if you’re in the US. It should, according to this policy, show both no matter where you are.

[–] munk-a 9 hours ago

Google Maps shows Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) to Canadians - it does properly label Lake Ontario, though. The idiocy isn't limited just to the US.

[–] lopis 13 hours ago

Well technically it also says that in Japan they only display "Sea of Japan" in the local language (Japanese), so displaying just "Gulf of America" in the local language follows. This blog never expected that the USA would be involved in this kind of dispute.

[–] greycol 9 hours ago

No because americans actually commonly call it the Gulf of Mexico (despite US government fiat dictating it should be called the Super Intelligent Gulf and anyone against that being double plus ungood), Japanese people don't commonly call it the East Sea. That's the difference.

[–] dbbk 13 hours ago

This isn't the current policy

[–] DocTomoe 13 hours ago

I'm in Germany, it shows me the real name, and the clownshow name. It does the same for Lake Ontario.

When I VPN to other countries, it does the same.

Not sure where you got your wisdom from.

[–] BryantD 12 hours ago

"It only shows Gulf of America if you’re in the US." I didn't say it didn't show both if you're in another country.