Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on ...

Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on ...

The company said Monday that it will only make changes when the government updates its official listings for the body of ...

Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” on its maps ... of the United States to the western end of Cuba. European explorers and mapmakers have used the name Gulf of Mexico ...

Though U.S. maps will reflect Trump's ... calling the body of water by its original name, instead suggesting that it should be named after the United States because it played a "pivotal role ...

Today's exhibit A is US President Donald Trump's idea that the Gulf of Mexico, an enormous body of water that borders Cuba, ...

"Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official ... that's bordered to the north by the United States' southern coast, from Texas to Florida.

The company said that Maps will reflect any updates to the Geographic Names Information System, a database of more than 1 million geographic features in the United States. “When that happens ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum earlier this month jokingly suggested North America, including the United States, be renamed "Mexican America" - a historic name used on an early map of the region.

Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here, too." That means Google Maps users in the United States will see the new "Gulf of America" name, while users in Mexico will ...