Please go to Apple Maps and harass them mecilessly
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2025
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I'm in Europe, here it displays «Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)»
I can't understand would it even have the part in parentheses in Europe. Think how silly it would look if every location had the regional name for every nearby country added in parentheses after the primary global name. It would be a mess.
Eg:
Germany (Deutschland, Allemagne, Niemcy, Germania, Saksa, )
Feels to me like special rules Apple has to stroke special fascist egos.
But maybe its not Apple and this is a name set by your local governance. You mind if I ask what country Apple maps you're looking at?