<p>San Francisco: The Trump administration on Friday declared that the Gulf of Mexico had been renamed the Gulf of America, but popular mapping services from Google and Apple have continued showing the old name.</p><p>On Monday, Google said it would update its maps to display Gulf of America as soon as the US government updated its official maps.</p><p>“We have a long-standing practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources,” the company said in a post on the social platform X.</p><p>President<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/donald-trump"> Donald Trump</a> signed an executive order Jan. 20, his first day in office, to rename the Gulf, in addition to changing the name of the tallest mountain in North America. That peak, which had been known by the Alaska Native name Denali since 2015, was renamed Mount McKinley, an earlier name.</p>.Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US users.<p>The US Department of the Interior said Friday that it was implementing the executive order, but that official government maps had not yet been updated from the Geographic Names Information System, or GNIS, which is a part of the US Geological Survey.</p><p>Google said that once the GNIS made the change, it would “quickly” follow suit in its popular Maps application, which is a crucial source of information about geography for more than 2 billion users. The company said it would also change the name of Denali, which is in Alaska, to Mount McKinley, in accordance with the new administration’s change.</p><p>Although Google users in the United States will see the Gulf of America name, those in Mexico will continue to see “Gulf of Mexico,” which is how that country refers to the body of water.</p><p>Users elsewhere in the world will see both names side by side, the company said in what it described as a “long-standing practice.” The Gulf of Mexico name will appear first for these users, followed by the Gulf of America name in parentheses, said two people with knowledge of the company’s plans, who were not authorised to speak publicly.</p><p>Google declined to comment on the order of the names. Apple representatives did not respond to a request for comment on whether the company would adopt the Gulf of America name for its Maps application.</p>
<p>San Francisco: The Trump administration on Friday declared that the Gulf of Mexico had been renamed the Gulf of America, but popular mapping services from Google and Apple have continued showing the old name.</p><p>On Monday, Google said it would update its maps to display Gulf of America as soon as the US government updated its official maps.</p><p>“We have a long-standing practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources,” the company said in a post on the social platform X.</p><p>President<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/donald-trump"> Donald Trump</a> signed an executive order Jan. 20, his first day in office, to rename the Gulf, in addition to changing the name of the tallest mountain in North America. That peak, which had been known by the Alaska Native name Denali since 2015, was renamed Mount McKinley, an earlier name.</p>.Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US users.<p>The US Department of the Interior said Friday that it was implementing the executive order, but that official government maps had not yet been updated from the Geographic Names Information System, or GNIS, which is a part of the US Geological Survey.</p><p>Google said that once the GNIS made the change, it would “quickly” follow suit in its popular Maps application, which is a crucial source of information about geography for more than 2 billion users. The company said it would also change the name of Denali, which is in Alaska, to Mount McKinley, in accordance with the new administration’s change.</p><p>Although Google users in the United States will see the Gulf of America name, those in Mexico will continue to see “Gulf of Mexico,” which is how that country refers to the body of water.</p><p>Users elsewhere in the world will see both names side by side, the company said in what it described as a “long-standing practice.” The Gulf of Mexico name will appear first for these users, followed by the Gulf of America name in parentheses, said two people with knowledge of the company’s plans, who were not authorised to speak publicly.</p><p>Google declined to comment on the order of the names. Apple representatives did not respond to a request for comment on whether the company would adopt the Gulf of America name for its Maps application.</p>