{"id":1189,"date":"2025-02-15T11:03:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T19:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2025-03-03T16:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:50:25","slug":"gulf-of-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/1189","title":{"rendered":"Gulf of Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On desktop Google Maps, if you add &#8220;&amp;gl=CA&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@24.6302295,-87.5072829,1708356m\/data=!3m1!1e3?gl=CA\">to the end of your URL<\/a> then the Gulf of Mexico will be correctly labeled (albeit with the &#8220;freedom fries&#8221; version in parentheses). You can also get the old name back on both Google and Apple maps using a VPN set to Canada. (Unfortunately the hack doesn&#8217;t work for the iPhone apps.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gulf-of-mexico-apple-maps.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gulf-of-mexico-apple-maps.png 768w, https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gulf-of-mexico-apple-maps-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On desktop Google Maps, if you add &#8220;&amp;gl=CA&#8221; to the end of your URL then the Gulf of Mexico will be correctly labeled (albeit with the &#8220;freedom fries&#8221; version in parentheses). You can also get the old name back on both Google and Apple maps using a VPN set to Canada. 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