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Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Since Anyone Can Rename Geographical Landmarks Now, MapQuest Made It Stupidly Easy For You
Remember MapQuest? To me, that name invokes happy memories of printed-out directions in 2006 and playing navigator for my parents from the backseat. It's still VERY much around, though, as a web and app mapping service. You can plan routes, get real-time directions, the Gulf of Mexico. Hey, someone did that already! Yeah, whatever. Now you can, too! I mean, what's stopping you? MoonPie changed the name of Florida, nothing. Allow me to explain. MapQuest recently took some inspiration from the White House and announced a very special tool. It allows anyone — including you, dear reader — to rename the body of water off the coasts of the American South and eastern Mexico to whatever their heart desires. For the record, still lists it as the Gulf of Mexico, while Google and Apple Maps have changed it to the Gulf of America. People immediately got creative. Some remembered the funny political moments that all seem like a distant dream now. ...Or the political moments du jour. Ope. Sigh. I hate it here! MapQuest posted the same message on X, where people were equally tickled. What's updog? This also reminded people that MapQuest exists and is pretty cool. By the way, they're unreasonably funny online, and no one was gonna tell me?!? You can try the "Gulf of" naming tool yourself here! What are you renaming that storied oceanic basin? Let me know in the comments. Please. I want to laugh.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Since Anyone Can Rename Geographical Landmarks Now, MapQuest Made It Stupidly Easy For You
Remember MapQuest? To me, that name invokes happy memories of printed-out directions in 2006 and playing navigator for my parents from the backseat. It's still VERY much around, though, as a web and app mapping service. You can plan routes, get real-time directions, and... rename the Gulf of Mexico. Hey, someone did that already! Yeah, whatever. Now you can, too! I mean, what's stopping you? MoonPie changed the name of Florida, so... basically nothing. Allow me to explain. MapQuest recently took some inspiration from the White House and announced a very special tool. It allows anyone — including you, dear reader — to rename the body of water off the coasts of the American South and eastern Mexico to whatever their heart desires. For the record, still lists it as the Gulf of Mexico, while Google and Apple Maps have changed it to the Gulf of America. People immediately got creative. Some remembered the funny political moments that all seem like a distant dream now. ...Or the political moments du jour. Ope. Sigh. I hate it here! MapQuest posted the same message on X, where people were equally tickled. What's updog? This also reminded people that MapQuest exists and is pretty cool. By the way, they're unreasonably funny online, and no one was gonna tell me?!? You can try the "Gulf of" naming tool yourself here! What are you renaming that storied oceanic basin? Let me know in the comments. Please. I want to laugh.
