Apple Maps still shows the traditional name for the Great Lake that straddles New York and Ontario, but the company may follow Google and U.S. federal maps after discussions with President Donald Trump, according to reporting around a new Reuters dispatch on Monday. Trump signed an executive order on August 27th directing U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to change Lake Ontario to “Lake America” in federal usage, including the Geographic Names Information System, within 30 days. Burgum moved quickly. “We’re on it, Mr. President,” he wrote on X. “The places and waters that border our nation and support our economy should reflect the greatness of the United States.”
He also published a secretarial order to “immediately rename the body of water known as Lake Ontario to Lake America.” The U.S. Geological Survey later said the new name had been designated in official USGS electronic documents.
“We’re going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “The lake change was something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, actually.” He also said, “The Canadian officials have treated us very badly. They’re nasty people,” and later joked, “We have a gulf and we have a lake, now all we need is an ocean, so maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.” Google has already updated Maps for U.S. users. “Since we update Google Maps to reflect name changes in official government sources, which is GNIS for the U.S., people using Maps in the U.S. will see ‘Lake America,’ those in Canada will continue to see ‘Lake Ontario,’ and those outside of the U.S. and Canada will see both names,” Google said. Apple Maps had not made the same switch as of August 31st. Apple did not immediately comment in earlier coverage. Last year it did adopt “Gulf of America” after Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico. Support MacDailyNews at no extra cost to you by using this link to shop at Amazon. The post Following Google Maps, Apple Maps expected to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America soon appeared first on MacDailyNews. You're currently a free subscriber to MacDailyNews. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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