{"id":14985,"date":"2025-01-28T19:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/google-maps-will-display-gulf-of-mexico-as-gulf-of-america-to-us-users\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T21:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T20:01:47","slug":"google-maps-will-display-gulf-of-mexico-as-gulf-of-america-to-us-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/google-maps-will-display-gulf-of-mexico-as-gulf-of-america-to-us-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps will display &quot;Gulf of Mexico&quot; as &quot;Gulf of America&quot; to US users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced that it will rename the \u201cGulf of Mexico\u201d to the \u201cGulf of America\u201d in Google Maps. The announcement came as President Donald Trump updated the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) last week. The US President has also renamed the highest mountain in the country.<br \/>\nGoogle Maps will display the \u201cGulf of Mexico\u201d as the \u201cGulf of America\u201d for users in the US<br \/>\nEarlier today, Google posted multiple tweets on X to confirm the upcoming change to Google Maps. In one of the tweets, Google mentioned, \u201cWe\u2019ve received a few questions about naming within Google Maps. We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.\u201d<br \/>\nTo remind you, Google Maps is home to some of the disputed international borders and locations around the globe. To avoid any controversy, the Google Maps app or web interface usually shows the names of such locations based on where you are searching. Speaking of the Gulf of Mexico, Google is doing the same.<br \/>\nThe company says that the name \u201cGulf of America\u201d will only be visible to Google Maps users in the United States. For those living in Mexico, Google Maps will continue to show the name \u201cGulf of Mexico.\u201d What if you are living in neither of these countries? Well, Google Maps will show both names when you search for them outside of Mexico and the US.<br \/>\nTrump renames the \u201cDenali\u201d to the \u201cMount McKinley\u201d<br \/>\nThat\u2019s not the only renaming of locations coming to Google Maps. To catch you up, back in September 2015, Barack Obama, the then-president of the United States, renamed \u201cMount McKinley\u201d to the \u201cDenali.\u201d As it was an official order, Google updated Google Maps accordingly.<br \/>\nAfter almost nine years, President Trump is changing the name \u201cDenali\u201d back to \u201cMount McKinley.\u201d Therefore, Google Maps will display the new name for the mountain peak. For the uninitiated, the mountain peak was named after former President William McKinley. It is located in the Alaska Range, with two of its summits standing tall in the Denali Fault.<br \/>\nThe post Google Maps will display &#8222;Gulf of Mexico&#8221; as &#8222;Gulf of America&#8221; to US users appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Google-Maps-AM-AH.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"901\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced that it will rename the \u201cGulf of Mexico\u201d to the \u201cGulf of America\u201d in Google Maps. 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