<div>Hi everybody</div><div><br></div><div>I checked and found this official blogpost</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-google-determines-names-for-bodies.html">http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-google-determines-names-for-bodies.html</a></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">ca@cafonso.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Yes... but I just checked, and, first, the UN says it continues to be<br>
officially "Persian Gulf", and if you search Google Earth for both<br>
"Persian Gulf" and "Arabian Gulf", you get to the same general place --<br>
the Gulf. Why the fuzz, really?<br>
<br>
--c.a.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
Teresa Nacli-Napoli wrote:<br>
> Just a smart way to change history, they are doing this for years with<br>
> no complains. How about the Golan Heights that belongs to Syria and they<br>
> show as Israeli land?<br>
> They should say OCCUPATION and Israel is not complying with<br>
> UN resolution 242 since 1967 .<br>
> ?????<br>
><br>
> --- On *Sat, 1/23/10, Carlos A. Afonso /<<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">ca@cafonso.ca</a>>/* wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> From: Carlos A. Afonso <<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">ca@cafonso.ca</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [governance] And yet Google again: Online petition<br>
> against GoogleMaps<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>, "Rui Correia" <<a href="mailto:correia.rui@gmail.com">correia.rui@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 5:55 AM<br>
><br>
> Strange... for us here in BR it had always been the Persian Gulf, and<br>
> continues to be so. How did this change happen?<br>
><br>
> --c.a.<br>
><br>
> Rui Correia wrote:<br>
> > One thing is for sure: good or bad, Google is getting more than<br>
> its fair<br>
> > share of publicity!<br>
> ><br>
> > We, the undersigned, through this letter, protest your irresponsible,<br>
> > unscientific actions, and demand an immediate and unconditional<br>
> deletion<br>
> > of “Arabian Gulf” from Google Earth.<br>
> ><br>
> > Arbitrarily designating the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf is an<br>
> > irresponsible violation of all historical and International standards<br>
> > and would undermine the integrity of Google Earth.<br>
> ><br>
> > 1.197.422 signatures<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/sos02082/petition.html" target="_blank">http://www.petitiononline.com/sos02082/petition.html</a><br>
> > <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?sos02082" target="_blank">http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?sos02082</a><br>
> ><br>
> > You can read about the naming dispute here:<br>
> > <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_naming_dispute" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_naming_dispute</a><br>
> ><br>
> > Regards,<br>
> ><br>
> > Rui<br>
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