In a 2008 Public Policy Blog Post, Google explained its policies for
naming bodies of water, which were absolutely reasonable and that
Google has now refuted to bow to fascism
In "How Google determines the names for bodies of water in Google Earth"
https://publicpolicy.googleblog.com/2008/04/how-google-determines-names-for-bodies.html
the then director of Google Global Public Policy, Andrew McLaughlin
(whom I know -- a great guy, by the way) wrote:
... "As the publishers of a geographic reference tool, we believe that
Google should not choose sides in international geopolitical disputes.
For this reason, we've chosen to implement a uniform policy of Primary
Local Usage. Under this policy, the English Google Earth client
displays the primary, common, local name(s) given to a body of water
by the sovereign nations that border it. If all bordering countries
agree on the name, then the common single name is displayed (e.g.
"Caribbean Sea" in English, "Mar Caribe" in Spanish, etc.). But if
different countries dispute the proper name for a body of water, our
policy is to display both names, with each label placed closer to the
country or countries that use it." ...
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HOW FAR GOOGLE HAS FALLEN! -L
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--Lauren--
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