Apple maps and Bing's maps join Google from Change their cards Software and applications for now displaying America Bay on the water body that is known as Mexican Gulf From the 16th century.
Google began settling on February 10, and Apple only a day later, on February 11. Microsoft Bing Maps He did not make the change in the press, but a Microsoft spokesman confirmed he was on his way.
“We are committed to providing users with accurate and updated information,” Microsoft's spokesman said in a statement. “In accordance with the established product policies, we are updating the bing -maps to reflect the nomenclature of the Geographical Names Information System in the United States, which involves changing the Gulf of Mexican in the US Gulf in the United States.”
The transition is not smoothly integrated for any of the map pages. Writing “Bay” at Google Maps still returns the “Gulf of Mexico” as a top search result, but choosing it brings users into the body of water with the Bay of America as a label. In Apple's maps, writing the Gulf of Mexico brings users of the area map and changes the search phrase in America. Since Tuesday afternoon, Bing Maps was still returning the formulation of the Gulf of Mexico, but the company's statement suggests that it is coming soon.
Before Apple begins to make the change, some People on social media said Google adopted the edited name is enough to make them Switch to alternative map software from Apple and Microsoft. One person wrote on x“It doesn't give me the pleasure of announcing that Apple and Bing Map maps are not superior to Google.”
An Apple Representative did not respond to a comment request.
Google said that in late January he would make the change after an Executive order President Donald Trump has called for renaming the Gulf of Mexico in America. Google said in a series of social media announcements that it respected data on global navigation systems and would take some time to pass the update. On February 10, Google Post Blog -Host Notification of users to know what to see in their software.
In the post, the company said: “The names you see in the Map application are based on the location of your country, which is specified by information from your phone's operating system (eg, iOS and Android), including your SIM, Network and location. If you use Google Maps on the Internet, the names are based on the region you choose in your Search settings or yours Device locationIf you haven't chosen one. “