Gulf of America - Gulf of Mexico
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President Donald Trump just said during his inauguration that he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Aside from the political aspects, how does that even work? How does OSM choose a source for that? I’m curious! Also, somebody executed what I thought while I wrote this post:
  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    To put it simple, they say each country can decide what name to use for where, and that’s what OSM uses as a reference.

    What it is called however is not by defined by what the president says alone though, it has to go through the entire government bureaucracy thing.