MapQuest Tops U.S. App Store After Rejecting Trump's Lake Ontario Rename Order
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Updated · wpde.com · Sep 3
MapQuest Tops U.S. App Store After Rejecting Trump's Lake Ontario Rename Order
3 articles · Updated · wpde.com · Sep 3
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No. 1 in the U.S. Apple App Store, MapQuest said hundreds of thousands downloaded its app after it refused to relabel Lake Ontario as “Lake America.”
Trump signed an executive order last week directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the U.S. geographic naming service during a trade dispute with Canada.
MapQuest posted “We’re not changing it” on X the same day and leaned into the backlash with jokes, GIFs and a tool letting users mock up their own lake renames.
Google took the opposite approach on Saturday, saying Google Maps would show “Lake America” in the United States, keep Lake Ontario in Canada and display both names elsewhere.