Apple Maps, Bing Maps and Google Maps have all changed their maps software and apps to show now the Gulf of America in the body of water known as the Gulf of Mexico Since the 16th century.
Google started the change in Feb. Bing maps will also make a change.
“We are committed to providing users with accurate and up -to -date information,” a Microsoft spokesman said in a statement. “In accordance with the established product policies, we have updated Bing maps to display the geographic names information system in the United States, which includes Mexico's Gulf change in the Gulf of America in the US.”
Type the “Gulf of Mexico” with Google Maps or Bing Maps and the sites changed your search for “Gulf of America.” In the apple maps, the typing of the “Gulf of Mexico” changes in search of the “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).”
A MAPS SITE, MAPQUEST, The gulf is still labeling as the Gulf of Mexico in Feb. 18. A search for the Gulf of America takes users to the proper location of the Gulf and keeps the label as Gulf of Mexico.
A representative for the mapQuest did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Sites of maps said that the change is determined by the region
Before Apple started the change, some people on social media said that Google's adoption of the name change is enough to make them Switch to alternate map software From Apple and Microsoft. Someone wrote on x“I'm not giving the pleasure to announce that Apple and Bing maps are not superior to Google.”
A representative for Apple did not respond to a request for comment.
Google said in late January will make it a change after a Executive order From President Donald Trump called the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Google said in a series of social media posts that it complied with the data information system in global navigation and that would take some time for updating. In Feb. 10, Google Published a blog post Let users know what they will find in its software.
In the post, the company said, “The names you see in the MAPS app are based on the location of your country, which is determined by information from your phone's operating system (eg, iOS and Android), with your SIM, network and local. Search Settings or your Location of the deviceIf you haven't selected one yet. “
