Gulf of Mexico in Google Maps now Gulf of Mexico

In Google Maps, the Gulf of Mexico, which until recently was called the Gulf of Mexico, has now become the Gulf of Mexico. In different parts of the world, we see the name differently. Americans have the gulf named "Gulf of the United States" in the app, Mexicans have it called "Gulf of Mexico," and the rest of us see it as "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of the United States)."

Google je v odzivu dejal, da so spremembo uveljavili kot del »dolgoletne prakse« spremljanja sprememb imen takrat, kadar jih posodobijo vladni viri. To se je zgodilo, ko je novi predsednik ZDA Donald Trump odredil preimenovanje v vladnih dokumentih. Po podpisu ukaza je predsednik Trump 9. februar razglasil celo za “dan Ameriškega zaliva”.

Apple followed Google's lead with its Maps app. Mexico condemned the move, saying the US had no right to change the name.

Mehiška predsednica Claudia Sheinbaum je Google pozvala, naj ponovno razmisli o svoji odločitvi o preimenovanju Mehiškega zaliva. Trdi, da ZDA ne morejo pravno spremeniti imena Zaliva, ker konvencija Združenih narodov o pomorskem pravu narekuje, da se suvereno ozemlje posamezne države razteza le do 12 navtičnih milj od obale. “Vsako sklicevanje na pobudo ‘Ameriški zaliv’ na vaši platformi Google Maps mora biti strogo omejeno na morsko območje pod jurisdikcijo ZDA,” je dejala.

Mexico has announced a lawsuit against Google if maps shown to users in the US continue to refer to the entire gulf as the Gulf of America.