MapQuest refused to rename Lake Ontario to appease one person, but I still can't leave Google Maps and Apple Maps behind for this one reason
MapQuest is the new mapping darling, topping download lists, but it's missing one key feature that will keep it from being my go-to navigation solution.
In the United States, President Donald Trump has been known to make arbitrary changes, including renaming landmarks such as lakes and even renaming the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America." This behavior has led to tech giants like Google Maps and Apple Maps renaming certain locations, like Lake Ontario, to appease the President.
However, MapQuest, an upstart online mapping service, refused to rename Lake Ontario and even encouraged users to give it their own names. MapQuest's General Manager, Doug Berger, defended the decision by stating that they wanted to maintain a name familiar to millions of users. Despite Google and Apple Maps being world-class mapping platforms with features like transit directions, MapQuest is still a popular download with 1 million customers still printing their directions monthly. However, MapQuest lacks transit directions, making it less competitive when compared to its rivals.
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