Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as MapQuest climbs download charts

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• Whether other major digital mapping services like Google Maps will comply with the order.
• The legal mechanism and justification used by the Trump administration to order the name change.
• When and where the Apple Maps name change was observed, including whether it varies by user location, language or device.
• The text, date, scope and authenticity of the reported presidential order.
• Whether the directive legally or practically applied to private mapping services such as Apple Maps or MapQuest.
• The exact US App Store chart, observation timestamp and prior ranking for MapQuest.
• Whether evidence connects MapQuest’s ranking to its naming decision, rather than merely showing that the events occurred in sequence.
• Whether MapQuest explicitly said it was refusing the reported directive.

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