Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
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Not legal
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This should be only for users in that shithole.
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The difference is that it's intentional waters and the International Hydrographic Organization is in charge of standardizing the names.
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Weird, google maps still shows it as Kaliningrad, along with the Cyrillic spelling.
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The International Hydrographic Organization is in charge of name standards in international waters. The United States is a member.
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people don't degoogle to use apple instead
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A line joining Cape Catoche Light (21°37′N 87°04′W) with the Light on Cape San Antonio in Cuba, through this island to the meridian of 83°W and to the Northward along this meridian to the latitude of the South point of the Dry Tortugas (24°35'N), along this parallel Eastward to Rebecca Shoal (82°35'W) thence through the shoals and Florida Keys to the mainland at the eastern end of Florida Bay and all the narrow waters between the Dry Tortugas and the mainland being considered to be within the Gulf.
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I support this.
But we should probably at least have a conversation with Mexico about it, since something like half of their country borders it.
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Why would the name have any bearing on the laws that govern what can, and can't be done there?
This is so freaking dumb I can't even.
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California should just change Gulf of California to Gulf of Mexico
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Biden outlawed oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Trump used executive order to rename it so the Gulf of Mexico “doesn’t exist”.
I'd be very surprised if all laws/treaties cease to exist if you just rename the "counterparty"/location. Declare Mexico to be named South Texas, and laws no longer apply there?
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It still requires Congress to pass legislation. I think they would have to leave the organization entirely or amend the resolution to join it and recognize it's naming convention. The executive order is illegal.
