{"id":6345,"date":"2026-09-02T00:32:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T00:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6345"},"modified":"2026-09-02T00:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T00:32:44","slug":"apple-maps-lake-america-renaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6345","title":{"rendered":"Apple Maps follows Google in renaming Lake Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Apple Maps has officially changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, as reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-09-01\/apple-maps-renames-lake-ontario-lake-america-after-trump-order\">earlier by <em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>. The company joins Google in re-labeling the Great Lake following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/985747\/trump-signs-executive-order-to-rename-lake-ontario-to-lake-america\">an executive order signed<\/a> by President Donald Trump in the midst of a trade dispute with Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The Canadian version of Apple Maps still shows \u201cLake Ontario\u201d when panning over the area, while international versions of the app show both names, according to <em>Bloomberg<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/986527\/google-capitulates-in-trumps-attempt-to-rename-lake-ontario\">Google updated<\/a> its map shortly after the name change went live in the US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), but Apple waited a bit longer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/987784\/apple-maps-lake-america-renaming\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Maps has officially changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The company joins Google in re-labeling the Great Lake following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in the midst of a trade dispute with Canada. 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