Apple Maps 'Lake America' shift may come 'soon' after Trump call: Burgum
President Donald Trump pressed Apple to update its maps function with his new name for New York’s Lake Ontario, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Monday.
TL;DR
- President Trump personally contacted Apple to request an update to its maps function.
- The requested update is to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'.
- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stated that the change might be coming soon.
- Google has already updated its maps to reflect the name change.
- Trump's executive order renaming the lake is only binding on the U.S. government.
- Apple has been slower than Google in the past to implement Trump's name changes on its maps.