Google shows it – “Gulf of America”: Apple Maps Bendt Trump

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After Google, Apple is now also followed in his map -app of the renovation of the Gulf of Mexico to Golf or America. The new name is initially only displayed in the US, but adjustment to other regions is to follow how Apple De Bloomberg Financial Service informed.

In Google Maps, the wave for users in the US is only displayed as a wave of America, elsewhere, both names can be seen. How Apple will implement the name change outside the US remained unclear. The new name is already displayed on Tuesday in the American version of the app.

“Gulf of Mexico” has been used since the 16th century
Trump ordered the renamation shortly after three weeks ago. The name “Gulf of Mexico” has been used since the 16th century. The water not only borders the American states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, but also on Mexico and Cuba. According to Trump’s decree, the name change for the area to the maritime boundaries of Mexico and Cuba applies.

In the meantime, according to the American news agency, a reporter of Associated Press (AP) was denied access to an event in the White House on the basis of the fact that the media company did not follow the reporting of the renamed by the president. The agency and the Correspondent Association of the White House protested against this step.

Source: Krone

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