In a world where Apple Maps, Google Maps, and even Bing (yes, Bing) have bent the knee and rebranded the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, MapQuest has taken a different approach: pure, unfiltered chaos and hilarity. Introducing “Name Your Own Gulf”, the feature nobody asked for but everyone definitely needs.
Ever dreamed of sailing across the Gulf of Megatron? Now you can! (All hail Megatron, leader of the Decepticons!) Want to christen it Gulfy McGulfFace because internet traditions must be upheld? Go for it. Feel like renaming it the Gulf of Guy Fieri and declaring it Flavortown Bay? Live your truth. MapQuest, the OG of online navigation (you know you printed out those directions in 2005), refuses to fade into obscurity quietly. Instead, they’re giving us the power to rewrite geography—one ridiculous name at a time.
Who knows, with features like this, MapQuest might just be on the verge of a comeback! Now, if they’d only bring back those painfully slow-loading maps and that one wrong turn that always got you lost in 2003, we could truly relive the glory days.
What will you name your gulf?
[Mapquest]