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A Microsoft spokesperson shared the following:“We are committed to providing users with accurate and up-to-date information.
“This piece has been updated to reflect the change.
Bing Maps showed “Gulf of Mexico” rather than “Gulf of America” until recently.
Is it the Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America?
Well, that depends on who you ask.
But I’ll focus on the first here, since map debates are oh so invigorating.
Bing Maps showed “Gulf of Mexico” rather than “Gulf of America” until recently.
We’ll have to wait to see if Gulf of America Day appears on Google Calendar.
Pride Month, Black History Month, and Women’s History Month no longer appear on Google Calendar.
Apple Maps and Google Maps seem to be shifting gradually and depending on where a user is.
Bing Maps will do the same.
I have reached out to Microsoft about the Gulf of Mexico name debate and how Bing Maps is updated.
How does Bing Maps get its data?
Bing Maps gets information from several sources.
Who names bodies of water?
The US federal government can dictate how the government refers to a body of water.
Companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple set their own policies.
Google has ablog postfrom way back in 2008 discussing how it determines the names of bodies of water.
If all bordering countries agree on the name, then the common single name is displayed (e.g.
“Caribbean Sea” in English, “Mar Caribe” in Spanish, etc.).
Some users in the United States have shared with me that they already see the change.
