#mapquest

[oldinterneticons]

[baybelletrist]

Not a fan of the "Gulf of America?" MapQuest is poking fun at President Trump’s executive order to rename the body of water by releasing a new site that lets you rebrand it however you’d like.

The Name your own gulf site is designed to do just that: Plug in the desired term, and MapQuest will generate a map with the title emblazoned on the body of water. Users can also download the map as an image and share it on social media.

TUMBLR. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

[tomorrowusa]

Just for fun, enjoy a customizable map where you can exclude fake geographic names.

People are cackling after the mapping company MapQuest announced it has no intentions of changing the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America"—and instead has created a "Gulf Map Generator" that allows people to troll President Donald Trump by renaming the body of water however they'd like. [ ... ] Typically, changing a geographic name involves a lengthy process, taking at least six months as the U.S. Board on Geographic Names consults with states, tribes, mapmakers, and other stakeholders. However, Trump’s order called for the change to take effect within just 30 days.

For more fun, print out a hard copy version of your customized map and physically mail it to Google or Apple.

Yeah, words like "hard copy" and "physical mail" may sound foreign to a lot of internet users. But the cool part about sending somebody something is that they have to physically deal with it. They can't just click DELETE. Now imagine Apple and Google getting 100,000 such letters. 🤔💡

[sleepdeprivedespressoandvinyl]

Hey, Americans who are pissed at Google for the BS about the Gulf of Mexico, use Firefox instead!!

So you heard or saw the fuckery regarding the "renaming" of the Gulf of Mexico and want to tell Google to fix it's shit? Well you go to report the "error" but what's this? You can't??? Why, they've turned off the reporting function for the Gulf renaming idiocy! So you go to leave a scathing review as your next step. But lo, the review you left had been deleted!!! Absurdity at it's finest. Google won't listen to us, and won't accept criticism. So how about "Fuck Off Google" and go with a tried and true alternative?

Behold, I present to you ✨ MOZILLA'S FIREFOX ✨

Firefox has been around since the Browser Wars. And while Chrome was declared the supposed victor, Firefox still persists doing good work. Firefox has customizability like dark modes, syncing across devices, and loads of extensions, but a big plus is that Firefox also allows you to actually utilize ad blockers AND doesn't sell your information all over like Google does.

"But Wyrm, I have so many bookmarks and tabs open in Chrome" WORRY NOT, FRIENDS! Mozilla is aware of this and ready to help! They have a whole page with step-by-step processes on how to switch over and it's really easy. I did it myself years ago and they continue to update the page. You can access it here.

Also for search engines, Duck Duck Go is GREAT instead of Google

Duck Duck Go also values privacy and is very easy to use and it can easily be changed to Firefox's default search engine (or another search engine if you wish) following these steps here.

What about Google Maps and Apple Maps? (Unfortunately Apple is also renaming the Gulf it seems, so there goes using Apple too) While those navigation apps are really convenient (that's how Google and Apple have gotten so powerful. Well, that and reeeeeally good PR teams), there are options (not Waze unfortunately, that's owned by Google) but you can check out MapFactor (a bit clunky, but free and streamlined) or, for the really Olde Ones here, MapQuest is still alive and kicking (and even has an app on both Google Play AND the App Store and it works great! Only complaint I have is the ads, but a small thing to ignore so we can spite the monopolies in power) and it has the correct name for the Gulf of Mexico still.

Unfortunately Google owns a lot of shit, but it's still worth the effort to switch off where you can!

Alright, now you have some easy steps to tell Google (and Apple!) to fuck off massively without Google shutting you out. Shut Google out first!

Go forth and fight for what's good and right in this world however you can

[nostalgia-folder]

printing directions on MapQuest

[married-to-a-redhead]

Map Quest was hi-tech and came along years after I started driving. I remember the days that you had no real idea how many miles until the next exit. You had to watch carefully or you might miss it and go pretty far past until you realized it. No cell phones either, so if you broke down, good luck flagging someone down or walking to the next exit.

I kind of miss those days.

[bitstitchbitch]

my new favorite thing is that MapQuest didn’t update the name of Gulf of Mexico, so people are flocking there and leaving five star reviews and the Bluesky account for mapquest (@mapquest.com) is leaning into it and making jokes, it’s glorious

[bookandyarndragon]

As of posting at 10:17 est Tuesday February 11 2025 Mapquest actualy has the Gulf of Mexico listed correctly as the Gulf of Mexico.

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Mapquest.com 🗺 (1997)

[labelleizzy]

Yes, yes we did.

Gen X baby!

[c-11-22]

learn to navigate without your preferred gps flavor

(my phone broke cant buy new one rn and somehow got where i needed to go based off intuition and the lady who rang me up at rainbow and will do so until another phone finds me)

[insufferable-yapper]

Found this in my photo album

[mattsmemes]

[bee-lessthanthree]

Mapquest 👍

Yes I use Mapquest. Yes Mapquest still exists.

Crying and puking, Google maps made the Gulf of Mexico say Gulf of America

[charlesray45]

[weary-observer]