Support email from me to CARROT dated 23 February 2025: “Any chance the app can dynamically correct the Gulf of America garbage going on? (Also important for folks who are on the actual ocean right now.) Thank you.” Accompanying app screen shot is from the so-called “Gulf of America”, 63°F, “That cloud looks like a snake eating its own tail.”
Response from CARROT support dated 23 February 2025: “ Unfortunately my location data comes straight from Apple’s location database, so I don’t have any control over how it shows up on certain map screens that use Apple Maps. But I *can* overwrite the names returned for your current location, I’ll look into doing that in a future update. Love, CARROT”.
![The latest CARROT mission: “Find the Gulf of Mexico.” The map has been given an overlay with “[Gulf of Mexico]” in square brackets and a monospace font on a black background, as if corrected by someone with a DYMO label maker.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hxpjfrcgspjywu6d6tgkw2gx/bafkreichj5kyvdqus5ghscesppbmhtr5q3sv5cy42tyqtz3sxnjrs237eq)
The latest CARROT mission: “Find the Gulf of Mexico.” The map has been given an overlay with “[Gulf of Mexico]” in square brackets and a monospace font on a black background, as if corrected by someone with a DYMO label maker.
Answer: Gulf of Mexico American Mediterranean Sea “The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent. “It recently got a stupid new name, and all the mapping data providers caved and started using the stupid new name, but screw that: it will always be the Gulf of Mexico in my book.”
CARROT is a national treasure #GulfOfMexico #ASCIIAndYeShallReceive