Apple has changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on the web version of its Apple Maps service, following an executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump that renamed the body of water located on the U.S.–Canada border.
The update appeared Sept. 1 for users in the United States. It came days after Alphabet’s Google Maps made a similar switch for U.S. users late Aug. 29.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Aug. 31 that Trump had contacted Apple directly about the change.
“I know that the president reached out to Apple directly,” Burgum said on Fox Business. “So I’m sure that we may be seeing that change coming up soon to Lake America.”…