Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
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Currently in Mexico, it displays the name your phone region is set to. It still shows Gulf of America on my phone, even when I am on Mexican WiFi.
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In order to do business in Mexico, they must agree to Mexican laws.
In order to do business in Canada, they must follow Canadian laws.
In order to do business in the US, they must
follow US lawskiss the ring.This isn't the first time big tech has had to tackle something like this. Usually it's with disputed territory. In that case, each region gets to see what it demands to see, while presenting something different to the rest of the world.
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That's kind of what I'm thinking
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I legitimately don't understand why the U.S. isn't the only locality where it shows up as "Gulf of America".
Set the en-US string to "Gulf of America". Leave literally every other region's text string untouched from what it was 6 months ago.
When the next Democrat U.S. President gets sworn in and immediately Executive Orders it back to "Gulf of Mexico", change the en-US string back to that.
This is all so stupid and melodramatic.
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I always wondered why it had double letters. Thank you!
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It's definitely a distraction tactic, but at the very least looking at Google Maps and Bing Maps makes very clear to people which megacorps are riding the oligarchy; just in case anyone held hope their favorite "techbro revolutionary" might side with them.
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Mexico is a big country, Google has shareholders who demand line goes up, people use maps to advertise ("map pack" "local SEO" and brand tie-ins)...
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Because Canada recently became the 51st state?
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yeah, we'd start using their spineless nature for good tbh
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Just let our mexican and Canadian neighbors take over the USA. We've proven to be unworthy of making wise choices.
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Americans wish!
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Real Americans Want To Be Canadian
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Reminds me of: Miss Universe.. Miss planet.. Miss International..
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Trump is unsettling.
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The suit should be by an American cartography company over the proper US Board on Geographic Names's official process not being followed for the name change.
I'm actually submitting a name change to the board. But since the USGS added a bit on the process saying that resetablisglhing historical names isn't a reason for a name change, I'm going to recommend it be changed to "The Gulf," since it meets all criteria for a name change - most importantly that it be a name in common usage by locals. Lots of people refer to it as "The Gulf," while "Gulf of America" isn't in common usage.
The most we can do outside of lawsuits is at least try to take the "America" part away.
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Cancel all government contracts with google
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Americans wish the US became Canada's 11th province
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Let's name it "the Gulf of America's pollution"
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Es el chapulín colorado
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Can someone just make a mod or something for g-maps to name all American names to like Spanish ones? Nuevo York, Guashintón Distrito de Columbia, that kinda stuff.
