Running through a VPN to a few different places, most show Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America). Mexico seems to be the only place that doesn’t get served the alternative name. Both the US and Korea just get Gulf of America with no alternative, and if you search for Gulf of Mexico it gets auto-‘corrected’.
Absolute madness that Google is adding this world wide based on the whim of some guy.
I’m currently in France, this is what I see on Google maps Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4087866b-7cf6-49ee-aed6-9eaad391d32b.jpeg)
What a f*cking joke 😂
Maps.me shows the real name![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d98dfc21-130b-49f2-ad02-d415e347e6c6.jpeg)
As does mappy.cz
I’m in Canada, and Google maps shows me the same as what you are seeing.
Running through a VPN to a few different places, most show Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America). Mexico seems to be the only place that doesn’t get served the alternative name. Both the US and Korea just get Gulf of America with no alternative, and if you search for Gulf of Mexico it gets auto-‘corrected’.
Absolute madness that Google is adding this world wide based on the whim of some guy.