Governments frequently disagree over the names of places. Here’s how mapping apps have dealt with various feuds.

Today’s updates to the cartographic world view respond to treaties and armistices, but most importantly, they represent consensus among world powers.

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo urged Google on Thursday to reconsider its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" for U.S. users of Google Maps, threatening to file a ...

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.

As it stands, the gulf appears in Google Maps as Gulf of America within the United States, as Gulf of Mexico within Mexico ...

As of Thursday, how the Gulf appeared on Google Maps was dependent on the user's location and other data. If the user is in the United States, the body of water appeared as Gulf of America.

Mexico says that it could sue Google if it kept the name "Gulf of America" as the area does not actually belong to the USA.

Google Maps began using "Gulf of America" for users in the U.S., saying it had a "longstanding ... There's a long-running dispute over the name of the Sea of Japan among Japan, North Korea, South ...

Google Maps has blocked reviews for the Gulf of Mexico, after criticism of its decision to label it "Gulf of America" for users in the US. The tech giant updated the name of the location on ...