{"id":2407514,"date":"2025-02-27T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mapquest-lets-users-name-your-own-gulf\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T13:50:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:50:32","slug":"mapquest-lets-users-name-your-own-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mapquest-lets-users-name-your-own-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapquest lets users &#8216;name your own gulf&#8217;"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fmapquest-lets-users-name-your-own-gulf%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=2407514&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>Mapquest has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-4-business-moguls-cheering-for-the-little-guys-in-the-gamestop-fiasco\/\" title=\"The 4 Business Moguls Cheering For \u2018The Little Guys\u2019 In The GameStop Fiasco\">recently launched<\/a> a \u200chumorous \u2064interactive website that\u2063 allows users\u200c to\u200b name the Gulf of America in whatever way they choose. This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">initiative arises amid<\/a>\u200b a playful debate on whether to maintain the traditional name, Gulf of mexico, or adopt the new title, Gulf of America, as promoted by several major tech companies like Apple and Microsoft following an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid Order, Issues Permanent Injunction Restraining Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional Orders\">executive order<\/a> from President Trump. The site,\u2062 named &#8220;gulf of Map\u2062 Explorer,&#8221; offers various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-high-school-changing-name-over-racist-namesake\/\" title=\"New Jersey High School Changing Name Over \u2018Racist\u2019 Namesake\">suggested names<\/a> such as \u201cGulf of\u2063 Adventure\u201d and enables users to submit their own creative names or use \u200da random name generator. Additionally, users can share their custom \u2064maps through\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average ...n Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media<\/a>.Following the name change, wich was recognized \u2062by \u200dthe U.S. Geographic Names Information System, the discussion has \u2062gained traction, with Trump even declaring February 9 as Gulf of America Day. \u200cMapquest, known\u200c as\u2062 one of the oldest navigation websites, continues to evolve, maintaining\u200b relevance\u200d alongside \u2062newer mapping applications.  <\/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\">Mapquest trolls Trump with &lsquo;name your own gulf&rsquo; website<\/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_1992389\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Software company <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/big-tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mapquest<\/a> launched a website allowing people to name the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gulf-of-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gulf of America<\/a> whatever they&rsquo;d like.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Mapquest is the latest to pipe in on the debate about whether to keep the Gulf of Mexico name or use the new &ldquo;Gulf of America&rdquo; title. While Apple, Microsoft, and Google changed the&nbsp;Gulf of Mexico&nbsp;on their maps app to read &ldquo;Gulf of America&rdquo; 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;renaming the body of water, Mapquest is straddling the fence to poke fun at the debate.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gulfof.mapquest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Gulf of Map Explorer&rdquo;<\/a> offers users name suggestions that include &ldquo;Gulf of Nothing,&rdquo; &ldquo;Gulf of Anything,&rdquo; &ldquo;Gulf of Mapquest,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Gulf of Adventure.&rdquo; Users can type in their own name or hit a randomizer button to produce a name. Users then have the option to share copies of their map on social media via a link.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the U.S. Geographic Names Information System updated the Gulf of America name earlier this month. Microsoft also updated its Bing Maps app to reflect the change. Both Apple Maps and Bing Maps made the change universal to their users, while Google&rsquo;s changes are only reflected for users in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3317686\/apple-follows-google-display-gulf-of-america-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"APPLE FOLLOWS GOOGLE TO DISPLAY &lsquo;GULF OF AMERICA&rsquo; ON MAPS\">APPLE FOLLOWS GOOGLE TO DISPLAY &lsquo;GULF OF AMERICA&rsquo; ON MAPS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3315276\/trump-establishes-gulf-of-america-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explaining<\/a>&nbsp;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 declared Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day, which was the same day as this year&rsquo;s Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Mapquest is the senior website for all navigation sites. While it started as a website that predated smartphones, it now has its own app.<\/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_1992389\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1992389\"}});<\/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>Mapquest mocks Trump with a site to name the Gulf of America<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2407515,"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":[538],"tags":[51248,51247,51249],"class_list":["post-2407514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-geographic","tag-mapquest","tag-user-generated"],"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\/2407514","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=2407514"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407518,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407514\/revisions\/2407518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}