How Google determines the names for bodies of water in Google Earth (2008)

	How Google determines the names for bodies of water in Google Earth (2008)(publicpolicy.googleblog.com)
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	HN Discussion: ↑Google has violated its own stated naming policy with the Gulf of America change ↑The article's principles are reasonable but Google has since abandoned them, showing capitulation ~The article's stated policy was always post-hoc rationalization rather than principled ~Tech companies are inherently mercenary, so this behavior is unsurprising •Political commentary on current US leadership driving the naming changes