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Water Supply Issues Keep Flowing in Cuba
Problems such as hydraulic network breakdowns, water lost through leaks, power outages, and even fuel shortages are making access to water supply services difficult for the population in Cuba ...
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Gulf of Mexico vs. Gulf of America: How digital maps display disputed names
Governments frequently disagree over the names of places. Here’s how mapping apps have dealt with various feuds.
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National Weather Service changes maps to read Gulf of America instead of Gulf of Mexico
The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho de la Nueva España, and, finally Gulf of Mexico.
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Mexico awaits new response from Google on dispute over Gulf of Mexico name before filing lawsuit
Mexico said Monday it's awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf ...
As a meteorologist, I couldn’t do my job without maps and names of places. One stands out.
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda made the first map labeling those waters as the Gulf of Mexico in 1519. Before that, you likely ...
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Mexico says it might sue Google over ‘Gulf of America' name change on Maps
As of Thursday, how the Gulf appeared on Google Maps was dependent on the user's location and other data. If the user is in the United States, the body of water appeared as Gulf of America.
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Mexico’s President Sheinbaum said her government would ask Google to make ‘Mexican America’ pop up on maps of the U.S.
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The White House says it's a 'fact' that the Gulf of Mexico has been renamed. Is that right?
The government of Iran threatened to sue Google in 2012 over the company's decision not to label the body of water at all on its maps ... of the South China Sea, then the U.S. after World War II could ...