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In light of recent events, here's OpenStreetMap editors discussing naming of the Gulf of Mexico (community.openstreetmap.org)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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As of revision version #85, OpenStreetMap has the following tags for Golfo de México:

  • name:en Gulf of Mexico
  • official_name:en-US Gulf of America
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 21 minutes ago)

The name itself can't really change in OSM because it's based on what someone "on the ground" would see, i.e. street signs, etc.

Previous OSM naming conflicts have usually been areas of disputed land where some group de-facto controls the land and therefore the street signs, and therefore the OSM 'name' and 'name:en' tags.

That's not going to work very well for a big region of mostly international waters between several countries.