{"id":2401718,"date":"2025-02-12T09:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-follows-google-to-display-gulf-of-america-on-maps-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T09:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:43:53","slug":"apple-follows-google-to-display-gulf-of-america-on-maps-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-follows-google-to-display-gulf-of-america-on-maps-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple follows Google to display \u2018Gulf of America\u2019 on maps &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fapple-follows-google-to-display-gulf-of-america-on-maps-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2401718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Apple has updated its maps application to \u200dreflect the name change of the Gulf of Mexico to the &#8220;Gulf of America,&#8221; following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-pro-lgbt-legislation-seeks-to-overturn-same-sex-marriage-ban-in-3-states\/\" title=\"New legislation aims to reverse same-sex marriage ban in 3 states, supporting LGBT rights.\">similar change made<\/a> by\u200c Google and othre navigation systems. This change stems from an executive order by President Donald Trump,\u200c who\u2064 announced \u200dthe new name and designated February 9, 2025,\u200b as &#8220;Gulf\u2062 of America \u2062Day.&#8221; The update to apple Maps aligns with modifications made by \u200bMicrosoft&#8217;s Bing Maps and follows the U.S. Geographic Names Data System&#8217;s official change. In addition, Apple adjusted the name of\u2062 Denali in Alaska\u2062 back to Mount \u2064McKinley, \u2064also in response to a presidential order.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Apple follows Google to&nbsp;display &lsquo;Gulf of America&rsquo; on maps<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1978667\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Apple<\/a> changed its maps app on Tuesday to reflect the name change from the Gulf of Mexico to the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gulf-of-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gulf of America<\/a>, following suit with other navigation systems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>This comes weeks after Google changed the&nbsp;Gulf of Mexico&nbsp;on its maps app to the &ldquo;Gulf of America&rdquo; for its users in the United States following President&nbsp;Donald Trump&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3302570\/google-maps-rename-gulf-mexico-gulf-america-us-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order<\/a>&nbsp;that gave the gulf the new name. Google was the first among the phone apps to update the name.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Geographic Names Information System updated the name on Sunday. Microsoft also updated its Bing Maps app to reflect the change. Both Apple Maps and Bing Maps made the change universal to their users.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3315276\/trump-establishes-gulf-of-america-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Explaining\">Explaining<\/a> the name change, Trump said the gulf &ldquo;has long been an integral asset to our once burgeoning Nation and has remained an indelible part of America.&rdquo; The president also named Feb. 9, 2025, as Gulf of America Day, the same day as this year&rsquo;s Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Apple changed Denali in Alaska to Mount McKinley on its map. This also came from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pinkerton-bidens-great-reset-comes-to-the-nearest-bathroom\/\" title=\"Pinkerton: Biden&#039;s Great Reset Comes to the Nearest Bathroom\u00a0\">presidential executive order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook attended Trump&rsquo;s inauguration last month. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ultimate-fighting-championship-ceo-joins-metas-board-of-directors-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO joins Meta\u2019s board of directors - Washington Examiner\">company donated  million<\/a> to the inaugural ceremony, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">moved indoors due<\/a> to cold weather.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also received $2 million from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/uber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uber Technologies<\/a>&nbsp;and its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi,&nbsp;respectively,&nbsp;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3260781\/big-tech-moguls-big-donations-build-relationship-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1 million donation<\/a>&nbsp;from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and $1 million each from Amazon and&nbsp;Meta&nbsp;toward the ceremony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1978667\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1978667\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple updates maps to show &#8216;Gulf of America&#8217; like Google<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2401719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gulf-of-America-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8810,6063,48062,27584,32076],"class_list":["post-2401718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-apple","tag-google","tag-gulf-of-america","tag-maps","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gulf-of-America-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2401718"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401722,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401718\/revisions\/2401722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2401718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2401718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2401718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}