Google Maps has modified the identify of the Gulf of Mexico, to the Gulf of America, after Donald Trump handed an government order renaming the physique of water within the eyes of the US.
The US-based firm beforehand stated it could change the identify of the oceanic basin as soon as it was up to date within the US Geographic Names System (USGS).
Mexico requested Google not to take action, claiming the US had no authorized proper to alter the Gulf’s identify below the United Nations Conference on the Legislation of the Sea.
This says {that a} nation’s territorial sea – which falls below the jurisdiction of a state – solely extends as much as 12 nautical miles (22km) from its shoreline.
The remainder of the Gulf is shared below circumstances between the US, Mexico, and Cuba.
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The newly named Gulf of America because it seems for US customers of Google.
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How the Gulf seems to a lot of the world on Google, exterior of the US and Mexico.
Pic: Google Maps
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The Gulf of Mexico because it seems on Google Maps in Mexico.
Pic: Google Maps
For customers of Google within the US, in the event that they now scroll over the Gulf, they are going to discover it renamed the Gulf of America.
Customers elsewhere, for instance within the UK, are met with the Gulf carrying each names: “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”.
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Whereas, customers in Mexico will nonetheless see the water physique known as the Gulf of Mexico.
It was one of many very first orders signed by the president to rename the Gulf, after which on 9 February, whereas flying over it, he signed a second order declaring the first-ever Gulf of America Day.
“In the US, the Geographic Names Information System has officially updated ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’,” Google stated in an announcement.
“As we announced two weeks ago and consistent with our longstanding practices, we’ve begun rolling out changes to reflect this update,” Google stated in an announcement.
Celebrating the renaming, Mr Trump took to Reality Social to put up a picture of the Gulf of America, saying: “GULF OF AMERICA!”
‘It can’t apply’
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum beforehand instructed reporters on the finish of final month that: “If a country wants to change the designation of something in the sea, it would only apply up to 12 nautical miles,” CNN reported.
“It cannot apply to the rest, in this case, the Gulf of Mexico,” she added.
Ms Sheinbaum additionally beforehand joked that she was contemplating renaming the continent of North America “Mexican America” in her nation.
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She stated: “We ask that when you put Mexican America in the search engine, the map appears that we presented.”
A founding doc from 1814, which preceded Mexico’s structure, used that identify for the continent.
