well, there sure was a lot in the countries involved!! they have all lobbied and argued extensively in favor of their selected name for many years, and their people do seem to feel strongly about these matters.

I don't have a final answer for all situations, but certainly if you look at those things on the map right now they read one name, then the other in parentheses. The "Gulf of America" has no such parenthetical. That seems like an acceptable compromise that Google has already adopted in other disputes. I suspect it will rile the current administration, however, if they do so here, and so they have not.

edit: oh, I find Google has already addressed this, and it is only in the US that it is just gulf of america:

https://blog.google/products/maps/united-states-geographic-n...

ah well.

/Me looks at the sea that China, Phillipines and Vietnam dispute.

Names matter.

Maritime power, international order, and alliances matter. You can keep the name!

Names matter to egotistical politicians who want to secure an easy "win" to demonstrate their capability to their stakeholders.

Names are used as political tools.

Did Argentina invade the Falklands, or liberate Malvinas?

Why is part of the South China Sea now called the West Phillipine Sea but only in the Phillipines?

Why is the Republic of Macedonia now North Macedonia?

Outrage and illegality are not the same thing.

That said, those disputed territories are a bit of a hot button issue in the territories in question, just like this is a hot button issue for mexico.

I take it you've never heard of the Nine Dash line?