Google Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US government

谷歌地图将“安大略湖”更名为“美国湖”，速度甚至快过美国政府

Trade talks between the US and Canada broke down last week, leading to a wave of tariffs and retaliatory tariffs. US President Donald Trump also fell back on an old favorite to needle his opponents, signing an executive order on Thursday to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” 美国与加拿大之间的贸易谈判于上周破裂，引发了一波关税和报复性关税。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普再次祭出他惯用的手段来刺激对手，于周四签署了一项行政命令，将安大略湖（Lake Ontario）更名为“美国湖”（Lake America）。

The body of water, which straddles the US-Canada border, gave its name to the Canadian province rather than the other way around. Regardless, the US government now refers to this great lake as Lake America—or it will soon. Official US government maps have yet to be updated, but Google wasted no time adopting the new, Trumpian name. 这片横跨美加边境的水域，其名称实际上是加拿大省份命名的来源，而非反之。无论如何，美国政府现在已将这个大湖称为“美国湖”——或者说很快就会如此。虽然美国政府的官方地图尚未更新，但谷歌毫不迟疑地采用了这个带有“特朗普色彩”的新名称。

Google began rolling out this change for US users on Saturday. The company posted a brief update on its Google Maps blog, noting that it follows the US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) for its maps, so the company implies it had no choice but to rename Lake Ontario in Google Maps, which is the most popular mapping platform in the US by a wide margin. 谷歌于周六开始向美国用户推送这一更改。该公司在谷歌地图博客上发布了一则简短更新，指出其地图服务遵循美国地理名称信息系统（GNIS），因此暗示其别无选择，只能在谷歌地图中将安大略湖更名。谷歌地图目前是美国市场占有率遥遥领先的地图平台。

However, Google was even quicker to switch over to Lake America than the US government. While the GNIS database acknowledges the name change in a summary report, the base map layer still reflects the internationally recognized name of Lake Ontario. A message across the top of the USGS-operated website notes that the change to official maps is still pending. 然而，谷歌在切换至“美国湖”这一名称上的速度甚至比美国政府还要快。尽管GNIS数据库在一份摘要报告中承认了这一名称变更，但其基础地图层仍显示国际公认的“安大略湖”名称。美国地质调查局（USGS）运营的网站顶部显示，官方地图的更改仍在处理中。

But people don’t generally go looking for GNIS maps—they check Google Maps when they want to find something. According to Google, those in the US will only see the new Americanized name. Meanwhile, Canadians will continue to see the standard Lake Ontario label. In the rest of the world, Lake Ontario will take precedence, but Lake America will be included in parentheses. 但人们通常不会去查阅GNIS地图——他们想找地方时会查看谷歌地图。据谷歌称，美国用户将只会看到这个新的“美国化”名称。与此同时，加拿大人将继续看到标准的“安大略湖”标签。在世界其他地区，将以“安大略湖”为主，但会以括号形式标注“美国湖”。

This mirrors how Google handled the “Gulf of America” situation in 2025. The company changed the name for US users, left it unchanged in Mexico, and showed both names in the rest of the world. It also reverted Mount Denali to Mount McKinley in accordance with the same order. However, the company did wait several weeks after the executive order before making that shift. 这与谷歌在2025年处理“美国湾”（Gulf of America）事件的方式如出一辙。当时，该公司为美国用户更改了名称，在墨西哥保持不变，并在世界其他地区同时显示两个名称。它还根据同一命令将德纳利山（Mount Denali）改回了麦金利山（Mount McKinley）。不过，在那次事件中，谷歌在行政命令发布后等待了数周才进行更改。

Google’s rapid adoption of the new official US name for the body of water suggests that it will continue to rename geological features based on executive orders, which may only embolden the administration to rename more things. 谷歌如此迅速地采用美国官方的新名称，表明它未来可能会继续根据行政命令更改地理特征的名称，这或许只会助长政府更名更多事物的意图。

While Apple Maps did adopt the Gulf of America name shortly after Google last year, it has not yet scrubbed Lake Ontario from its maps as of this posting. Some less-used mapping apps like MapQuest have vowed not to make the change at all. 虽然苹果地图去年在谷歌之后不久也采用了“美国湾”的名称，但截至本文发布时，它尚未从地图中抹去“安大略湖”。一些使用率较低的地图应用（如MapQuest）则誓言绝不进行此项更改。