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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Google & Apple maps changed the name of a large indentation of the Atlantic coastline
Date: 12 Feb 2025 20:37:08 GMT
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Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2025-02-12 12:06, Frank Slootweg wrote:
[...]
> >    Funny thing is that if I use the web version of Apple Maps [1] (I
> > don't have an iDevice, so I can't use the app version), and search for
> > 'Gulf of Mexico'. it returns a list of hits, which does *not* include
> > "Gulf of Mexico", but *does* include "Gulf of America". When I click on
> > the latter, it shows the Gulf with the label "Gulf of Mexico". So while
> > the news reports indicate that Google has caved in, but Apple hasn't,
> > Apple has actually partly caved in! :-)
[...]
> > [1] <https://beta.maps.apple.com/>
> 
> Frank,
> 
> Apple Maps doesn't return hits for bodies of water in general...
> 
> ...and doesn't (as of this moment) return any hits for "gulf of america".

  Well, *here* [1] (in The Netherlands), the *web* version *does* return
hits ("Gulf of America"), both for "Gulf of Mexico" *and* for "Gulf of
America" and clicking the "Gulf of America" hit gives you a pin in the
Gulf. The only 'positive' thing is that the label below the pin is "Gulf
of Mexico".

  Bottom line: Apple is a bit confused, but has not (yet?) caved in! :-)

[1] The news reports have indicated that (Mexico versus America) results
depend on the country of the user.