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[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They did when he declared the Gulf of Mexico had a new name, so did others. Nearly immediately.

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup. I just checked MapQuest though, and they did not.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago
[–] Mokopa@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Only if you were looking at the map from a US IP address iirc. It's still gulf of Mexico for the rest of the world, but with the stupid name in brackets now after it.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

They should put what everywhere calls every location in brackets if they’re gonna do that.

The names were not and will not be changed in an official capacity.

[–] TrumpetX@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I stopped using Google Maps the second this happened. Fuck that cowtow bullshit.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The only kowtow I’ll accept is back when I could move around during an emote animation in the early ESO days.