Google Maps now shows Gulf of America instead of Gulf of Mexico for U.S. residents as Department of Interior officially ...

Google Maps now shows Gulf of America instead of Gulf of Mexico for U.S. residents as Department of Interior officially implements name change.

Anyone in the United States using Google Maps will ... in the Geographic Names Information System to reflect these changes, effective immediately for federal use." Florida Gov.

The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho de la Nueva España, and, finally Gulf of Mexico.

"For geographic features in the U.S., this is when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated," the company said. ...

she said, pointing to an area on the map that would ... of Experts on Geographical Names helps mediate, along with several other international bodies. More than half of Florida's coast borders ...

For users of Google Maps in the United States, the body of water bound to the east by Florida, Cuba ... Maps for users in the US are based on the Geographic Names Information System, or GNIS ...

Google Maps posted on X ... federal nomenclature in the Geographic Names Information System to reflect these changes, effective immediately for federal use." Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may ...

A map that distinguishes natural from human ... Chwastyk This story appears in the September 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Florida’s famed wetlands, the Everglades, are pinched ...

But changing the name of a water body that is integral to Florida ... on Geographic Names to "provide guidance to ensure all federal references to the Gulf of America, including on agency maps ...

And though Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put the ... A spokesperson for National Geographic, one of the most prominent map makers in the U.S., said this week that the company does not comment on ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already embraced ... He said some databases could be updated digitally, but physical maps would have to be reprinted. He also said the move appeals to his patriotism.