
What do you need to know
- Google confirmed by an X post that it would transform the Gulf of Mexico into the Gulf of America on Google Maps.
- This comes when President Trump changed the name by signing an executive order – part of his election campaign promise.
- It is not yet clear that when the maps show the aforementioned changes, Google says this will happen after updating the geographical information system (GNIS).
On Tuesday, Google announced that it would take steps to rename the Gulf Maps on the Google Maps platform in the United States.
For people in Mexico, the name will remain the same. However, for the United States, its name will be named.
“When our name changes have been updated in the government government, we have a long -standing practice of implementing the name changes,” he said. Google In a post on X. The change came when Donald Trump signed the executive order January 20, with a part of his election campaign promise.
We have received some questions about naming Google Maps. We have a long -standing process of implementing the name changes when they have been updated in government sources.January 27, 2025
As the president’s direction, the Gulf of Mexico will now be officially known as the United States, and North America’s highest peak will once again name Mount McCainley. Reuters,
In the same X post, Tech Dev said that once the geographical names of the information system (GNIS) is updated, Google Maps will also reflect the changes of the name. GNIS maintains a relationship with federal authorities and the government to “standardize geographical names for federal use”.
Google added that when there are different names in the same place, people living in the local area will see the name nominated to the country, while the rest of the world will see both powers.
The company also said that the name of the maps would be named Mount McCainley, which was changed during Barack Obama’s presidency, paying tribute to the residents of Alaska.
It is unknown that when these changes will begin to appear on Google’s maps, because the company did not give us the right date that it would come into action. Android Central has reached Google in this regard and will update the article when we have more information.