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Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.

lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

What else do people expect them to do?

1.- Refuse-

2.- Apply only the part of the name change that’s actually covered by US jurisdiction. The Gulf of Mexico extends noticeably beyond US’s borders.

But hey this is Google we’re talking about.

Besides, it still say Gulf of Mexico if you’re outside the USA.

If I’m a eg.: Colombian, it should be ~~“Gulf of Mexico”~~ “Golfo de México” wherever I stand, not “Gulf of America”.

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catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Apply only the part of the name change that’s actually covered by US jurisdiction.

Strictly speaking, per the EO, this is what they should have done. The EO defines the area to be renamed as:

the U.S. Continental Shelf area bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and extending to the seaward boundary with Mexico and Cuba in the area formerly named as the Gulf of Mexico

You can see exactly where that seaward boundary is on this map: …wikimedia.org/…/File:US_ECS_Regions_2023.png

The area described is less than half the whole Gulf of Mexico.

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Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
OK, but how is Google supposed to know what nationality you are?

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- lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Doesn’t need to (but yeah yeah they’re Google, I know…). They just should name it “Gulf of México” or whatever the translated name is to the user’s device, and add an asterisk somewhere that shows a note to the effect of “a small fraction of Confederate remnants think it should be called ‘Gulf of America’”.
  
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  - Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    That is essentially what they’ve done by putting Gulf of America in brackets behind the original name.
    
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    NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    But why? Why should any other country care about the US’s ridiculous internal politics
    
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- JustARaccoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  IP address, same way they decide what language to show the names in
  
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  - Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    That shows where you are, not who you are.
    
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