Google and Apple have officially renamed the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America" on their respective Maps apps after the Geographic Names Information System updated the name on its system. (Credit: Google) Google Maps users in the US will see "Gulf of America.
Google Maps users in the U.S. will now see “Gulf of ... was working “expeditiously” to update the names of these features in the U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and that the changes are “effective immediately for federal use.”
The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America for Google Maps users in the United States, keeping with the terms of President Trump's controversial executive order to rename the body of water.
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The change comes weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to officially change the gulf's name in the U.S. Geographic Names Information System. But it won't affect all users — here's what to know.
Google Maps updates the Gulf of Mexico’s name to Gulf of America for U.S. users, following a government directive.
Apple has followed Google in telling US users it's the Gulf of America when they search for "Gulf of Mexico."
“We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources,” Google said. The Geographic Names Information System, which is under the ...
The change was made by Google on Monday after the Geographic Names Information System, a US government database run by the Interior Department, listed an update to the Gulf's name. The firm has ...
Google made the change starting Monday. It followed an updated site listing for the Gulf in the Geographic Names Information System, a government database run by the Interior Department that ...