Filed to: Apple Maps
Summary:
Gulf of Mexico shows as some weird “Gulf of America”
Steps To Reproduce:
- Open Maps
- Look at the Gulf of Mexico
Results:
It has a bizarre name applied by fiat by a bunch of cretins.
Regression:
No regression; the name has been the same for 400 years.
Notes:
This is an act of cowardice, and is utterly shameful.
After I submitted the bug report, I had to give a reason to be given access to follow its progress. I wrote: “I would like to see the progress of this bug, as it is the result of shameful weakness in the face of arbitrary fiat. Not even legislative fiat, just one idiot making a proclamation.”
Edit to add: here’s a really good analysis of why it is right for Apple and Google to comply with the rename, but why the way they did so is also wrong: Golfo del Gringo Loco. The article also touches on why the AP must rise to a different standard, which they have, to the peevishment of our leader-in-chuff.
