idkwhatimdoingbutimgonnacontinue:
Crying and puking, Google maps made the Gulf of Mexico say Gulf of America
oh yeah, I sent in a ticket to report the incorrect info (which anyone can do.)
Here in the UK it is still labelled as ‘Gulf of Mexico’ with ‘gulf of america’ in parenthesis underneath it.
The world at large does not recognise the ‘gulf of america.’
This is because the US has no legal right to change the Gulf’s name under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
The naming conventions only extend 22KM from the shoreline. The rest is shared between the US, Mexico, and Cuba. This means only the land on America’s shores up to 22KM away from them can legally be called the ‘gulf of america’, they cannot rename the whole thing to the rest of the world and call it a day.
Google changing the name does not make it the truth, it does not make it law… people lie on the internet all the time, and yes that includes google themselves.
amhrancas 