The change will only be visible to U.S. users. Those in Mexico will still see “Gulf of Mexico,” while those in the rest of the world will see both names on the map.
"As directed by the President, the Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America," the Interior Department stated in a statement last week. Google responded by noting that the change complies with its longstanding policy of aligning map labeling with updates in official government databases.
Among the first executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named "Gulf of America." "President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American civilization," the newly inaugurated president's executive order said.
Google will comply with President Donald Trump’s executive action to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Google maps will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Google said Monday it will soon display the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” whenever the federal government updates its official maps, bowing to President Donald Trump’s declaration the region be renamed.
Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first hours as the 47th president, The Post has learned.
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.
After Donald Trump recently entered the White House, after winning the presidential elections in the United States of America, the new president has set to work to make all the cha
The tech company said Monday it has a “longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”
President Donald Trump found time during his busy inauguration day to issue a dizzying number of executive orders and begin reshaping the federal government to fulfill his promises to supporters. One of those was changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico.
Changing maps to say "Gulf of America" doesn't change history, and likely won't change what most people call the massive basin