This is common practice. If you look at Google Maps in any other country, the name will not have changed. In the U.S., it shows the legal name within the U.S., which was updated by H.R. 276.
This is highly debatable. The wikipedia entry does not mention that name until halfway down:
Trump directed federal agencies to adopt the name “Gulf of America” for the waters bounded by the U.S. Some major online map platforms and several U.S.-based media outlets voluntarily adopted the change, but it also stoked controversy, with Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum and others objecting to the declaration
Comapring this bovine excrement to disputed borders leaves a very bad aftertaste for me.
Google, tell me about the Gulf of Mexico.
Did you mean Gulf of America?
This is common practice. If you look at Google Maps in any other country, the name will not have changed. In the U.S., it shows the legal name within the U.S., which was updated by H.R. 276.
Similarly, disputed borders are drawn differently depending on which country you’re accessing Google Maps in to satisfy local laws. https://www.the-independent.com/tech/the-man-who-s-making-google-maps-smarter-9544478.html
This is highly debatable. The wikipedia entry does not mention that name until halfway down:
Comapring this bovine excrement to disputed borders leaves a very bad aftertaste for me.