Google Maps announced it will soon make changes reflecting President Donald Trump 's decision to rename the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley. The recently renamed topographical features will be reflected once the Department of the Interior updates the Geographic Names Information System,
GNIS stands for Geographic Names Information System. That would require the name change by Feb. 19. Gulf of America on Google Maps would be visible only in US The name change on Google Maps would ...
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 its maps.
President Donald Trump wants to rename Denali and the Gulf of Mexico to Mount McKinley and Gulf of America, and Google said it would update its maps if it happens.
The company said Monday that it will only make changes when the government updates its official listings for the body of water and the mountain.
The controversy follows Google's announcement that it would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps for US users.
Google Maps will soon rename the "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" and Denali to "Mount McKinley" in compliance with Trump's order.
President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum says her country is reaching out to Google about its Maps change and is suggesting additional revisions of its own.
Google will change the Gulf of Mexico's name to the "Gulf of America" following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump. Google stated that it follows a longstanding policy of updating place names based on official government databases,
President Donald Trump has the power to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, but whether people will call it that is an open question.
Google announced that it would be taking steps to change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps in the US on its Google Maps platform.