"MapQuest stood up to President Donald Trump, and now its app is reaping the rewards.
The āOG of online mapping,ā as the company calls itself, announced on Thursday that it would not change the name of Lake Ontario on its maps to Lake America, despite Trumpās executive order directing the U.S. Department of the Interior to update the lakeās name in the U.S. geographic naming service. As a result, MapQuestās mobile app downloads soared, sending the iOS app to the No. 4 position on the U.S. App Storeās Top Charts for apps (not including games) as of Monday morning on the U.S. east coast.
MapQuest also reached the No. 8 position overall in the U.S. App Store across both apps and games, and it became the No. 1 Navigation app in the United States.
In Canadaās App Store, the app reached No. 2 overall as of Sunday evening."
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/mapquests-app-surges-to-no-1-in-navigation-after-refusing-to-rename-lake-ontario/
#USA #Trump #MAGA #Canada #Google #MapQuest #LakeOntario #BigTech
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