cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1485960

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter asking Google to reject the U.S. decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on its mapping service.

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    2 months ago

    Google has authority because both Google Maps and Waze are extremely popular and both controlled by Google/Alphabet.

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      2 months ago

      This is going to be important too because a lot of people are going to be walking into the ocean over the next few years, and are going to need directions to it.