Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive ...

Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

Google Maps now labels the Gulf of America for U.S. users, and the Gulf of Mexico for those in Mexico. This isn't the first body of water to have different names according to different countries.

President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will everyone call it that?

I remember the days of paper maps, but my students, who are undergraduates here, many of them have grown up with just the digital map and the view of the world that that brings, but that is a view ...

Trump team announces renaming of Gulf of Mexico, Mt. Denali among Day 1 executive orders 03:56. Google Maps users in the United States can expect to see the body of water known for centuries as ...

Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names.” Story continues after photo gallery. MapQuest retains Gulf of Mexico name. Map applications on Apple and Bing have since followed Google's lead.

A move by Google Maps to reflect name changes for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Mount Denali won't be the first time the company has changed place names and world borders for different users in ...

Many weather maps that use degrees as a unit are in Celsius, like the rest of the world, instead of Fahrenheit. The various heights of certain pressures are given in millibars and meters.

The Gulf of Mexico had carried its name since the 17th century. Google said it would comply with Trump’s order, but only once it was updated on the US Geographic Names System (USGS).

Update 2/10: Google Maps has officially updated the “Gulf of Mexico” to the Gulf of America for US residents as the change has now applied within the GNIS. Denali has not yet been updated to ...