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I like to imagine someone swimming in the Gulf of Mexico whenGoogleunceremoniously renamed it to the Gulf of America.
The hard truths of cartography have gone wobbly so anything is on the table.
A tale of two gulfs: Apple Maps is on the left and Google Maps is on the right.
When I asked Google for comment, it pointed me to its original blog post announcing the change.
Someone is opening Google Maps somewhere in Mexico and still seeing “Gulf of Mexico.”
Enter confusion
Google’s choice is not without consequences.
A tale of two gulfs: Apple Maps is on the left and Google Maps is on the right.
By so quickly acquiescing, does that mean that our US Google Maps experience becomes a moveable feast?
Should we expect Mount Denali to switch over to McKinley (it’s still Denali on Google Maps)?
Will Google preemptively put an asterisk next to Canada or Granada?
A tale of two gulfs: Apple Maps is on the left and Google Maps is on the right.
(*Label under interest of current US administration).
I’d like to continue calling that water zone “The Gulf of Mexico.”
Can I set that somewhere?
Bing Maps is a holdout…for now.
What about the children?
I wonder how teachers will try and likely fail to explain away the confusion.
But now that trust is a bit fractured.
