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Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>Google Maps has history of appeasing govts who want names, borders shown differently. Often it shows different versions to people in different countries, and says it will do that here too.</p><p><a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/google-maps-to-rename-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america-for-us-users/7952630.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">voanews.com/a/google-maps-to-r</span><span class="invisible">ename-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america-for-us-users/7952630.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toponymy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>placenames</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nomenclature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nomenclature</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfAmerica</span></a>? Competitive renaming of seawater is actually already a thing in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a>: See Arabian / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PersianGulf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersianGulf</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeaOfJapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaOfJapan</span></a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EastSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastSea</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthChinaSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthChinaSea</span></a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WestPhilippineSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestPhilippineSea</span></a>. But it implies the country doing the renaming feels threatened by equal or more powerful neighbor. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maritime</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nautical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nautical</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toponymy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>placenames</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/naming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naming</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>In interesting show of restraint, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> president's order to change "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a>" to "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfAmerica</span></a>" on govt maps seems to specify that only the part under US jurisdiction is being renamed.</p><p>(Order also renames "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Denali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denali</span></a>" back to "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MountMcKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountMcKinley</span></a>")</p><p><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac</span><span class="invisible">tions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toponymy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UNCLOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNCLOS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maritime</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>placenames</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfCoast</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nautical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nautical</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GNIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNIS</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span></p>
Fiona Gregory<p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toponymy</span></a> map! Find out the meaning of any Alberta place name <a href="https://geospatial.alberta.ca/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a297e74e4fb4445db337df3850652862" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">geospatial.alberta.ca/portal/a</span><span class="invisible">pps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a297e74e4fb4445db337df3850652862</span></a></p>
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