After Google, Apple Maps updates 'Lake Ontario' to 'Lake America' for US users; Trump reacts

Trump's executive order has no authority over Canadian territory or international hydrographic standards US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said his renaming of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” was “ratified and binding” after Apple updated the water body’s name for users in the US, making it the second major US tech company to adopt the new name.“Apple Maps has just announced that it has changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, adding that the "very important" change was now “complete, ratified, and binding.”Google had updated the name on Google Maps on August 29, following the US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) formally changing the lake’s name in America.According to Google, “Lake America” will appear for users in the United States, while users in Canada will continue to see “Lake Ontario.” Users elsewhere will see both names, with “Lake America” in parentheses after “Lake Ontario”, following Google’s policy for water bodies with different names in different countries.Also Read | Google renames 'Lake Ontario' to 'Lake America' in US; company's 'update' on what users in America, Canada and 'rest of the...