Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali on its maps for users in the U.S. following President Trump's controversial executive order.
Apple Maps has seemingly taken a half step in addressing the United States Gulf of Mexico renaming, but it isn't clear if this is the permanent solution or a placeholder.
When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.
Google Maps will comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. This change will only apply users in the United States.
Hours after Google announced that it will rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America in the United States, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that her administration will send out a letter to the tech giant to question its decision to change the name for users of Google Maps in the U.S.
Google Maps said that it will rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on its maps app, saying that the change will take place when it has been updated in official government sources. Google also will change the name of Denali,
Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.
Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali mountain in Google Maps once a federal mapping database reflects changes ordered by the Trump
Both these moves remain controversial, with no other countries in the world appearing to be planning on referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America anytime soon. For her part, Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum joked that Mexico would retaliate and begin calling North America "América Mexicana" or "Mexican America".
Changing maps to say "Gulf of America" doesn't change history, and likely won't change what most people call the massive basin
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that her government will send a letter to Google after the internet giant said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for users of Google Maps in the United States.