Among the executive decrees that Donald Trump made on his first day during his elections as President of the United States, was to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Now desire has been designed and this change It is already reflected In applications such as Google Maps. Yes indeed, it is not for everyone.
And depending on the region from which you use this application, you can view one name or another. It is not a failure of cards. We tell you who depend on these modifications and what determines the name to show.
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The explanation for which you still see the Gulf of Mexico in the cards
Google has confirmed the change of name for this geographic area, however, it is a measure that does not affect everyone.
The explanation is in the way the cards show the names. According to Google in its X account, the name changes are made When they are updated in official government sources. In this case, the popular card tool and baby navigation of the information system on geographic name (GNS) to update its database.
In this case, not all people see this change applied. THE American users They can already see “Gulf of America”, while the Mexico users They continue to visualize “Gulf of Mexico”. In The rest of the worldThe name has become “Gulf of America / Gulf of Mexico”.
This change can occur in cases like this and it is because the cards names are displayed according to the Regional configuration of your mobile, location or details of the network and SIM.
In the case of using Google Maps in its desktop version instead of using the application, the region that takes as a reference is the one you define manually or the one marked by the location of your device.
As final curiosity, Users can also offer a name change. In this case, this is done thanks to features Suggest a change And, although Google's approval must pass, he has already left a curious anecdote in the past.
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