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Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to OpenStreetMap community@lemmy.mlEnglish ·
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The OSM Community discusses the Trump Administration's renaming of "The Gulf of Mexico" to "The Gulf of America"

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The OSM Community discusses the Trump Administration's renaming of "The Gulf of Mexico" to "The Gulf of America"

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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:
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  • “Gulf of America - Gulf of Mexico”. stillhart. General talk. OpenStreetMap Community Forum. Published: 2025-01-20T17:37:25.493Z. Accessed: 2025-01-21T08:47Z. https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/gulf-of-america-gulf-of-mexico/124571.
  • “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness”. The White House. Published: 2025-01-20. Accessed: 2025-01-22T06:59Z. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/.
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    Official, yes. But this isn’t official (yet)

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      […] this isn’t official (yet). […]

      Fair point! [1]

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      1. “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness” Executive Order 14172. Published: 2025-01-31 (Signed: 2025-01-20). Accessed: 2025-02-05T21:10Z. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/31/2025-02096/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness.
        • §4.b.

          As such, within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall, consistent with 43 U.S.C. 364 through 364f, take all appropriate actions to rename as the “Gulf of America” the U.S. Continental Shelf area bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and extending to the seaward boundary with Mexico and Cuba in the area formerly named as the Gulf of Mexico. […]

          • The executive order states that 30 days from the date the order was signed, or perhaps 30 days from the date it was published, The Gulf of Mexico will be renamed to “The Gulf of America”. This will either happen on 2025-02-19 (at the earliest), or 2025-03-02 (at the latest).

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