One of Donald Trump's first decisions after his presidential inauguration was to sign an executive decree to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for the Gulf of America, at least in his country. However, this decision resulted in Google Maps and Apple Maps must now display the new nameat least in certain territories.
This controversial decision was not well received by many people in Latin America, including, of course, by the Mexicans. And this could be one of the reasons why the location of the Gulf of Mexico in Google Maps bombed Negative comments and criticisms. Google was forced to take measures in this regard.
Google eliminates and limits the reviews of the Gulf of Mexico to avoid “revision bombings”
Google and Apple are American companies, and therefore their database is based on official government sources, which now indicate that the Gulf is known as the Gulf of America in this country. From now on, depending on where you are You will see a different name on the card::
- In the United States, this is called Gulf of American
- In Mexico, he is always called Gulf de México
- In Europe, the rest of Latin America and the world, the name that appears is “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”
This change has even led to Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, plans that Sue Google to reverse changes outside the United States. And many people seem to have wanted to demonstrate their rejection of the name change, Leaving a negative review on Google Maps.
Google has disabled the possibility of temporarily leaving opinions in the Gulf of Mexico in its MAP application. The official reason, as you can see on the map, is that the Gulf, at the moment, is a place that “generally receives more comments and criticisms that can violate Google policies, and to avoid it, we have disabled the comments. “
In other words, they want to avoid the “bombardment” of SO revision, a Negative criticism floor Unrelated to the real objective of this type of exam (in this case, comment an experience when visiting the place).
Thus, the Gulf looks on Google Maps, seen from the outside of the United States.
However, the company went beyond and They eliminate the comments and negative criticisms of the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps. This has been confirmed in Forbes, indicating that they generally take protective measures when they anticipate many comments which are not linked to the experience of a place. In their declarations to the environment, they mention an assistance publication, which indicates that Google “ensures that the information is correct in the comments and that the offensive or harmful content is eliminated”.
The controversy of the Gulf of Mexico (or the Gulf of America, according to Donald Trump) seems to continue for a long time, and we do not know what will end. Apple Maps is currently showing the name “Gulf of Mexico” outside the United States, but the company is expected to start using the name “Gulf of America” in the world. The truth is that changing the name of a geographical area is a very difficult task, as already seen on other occasions.
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