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Yes, Google Maps is rename The “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America”, but you will not see it when you open the application. In a series of Tweets, the news of the Google account have revealed that the MAPS application will launch an update with the name change after the United States government updated the Geographic Name Information System (GNI), which serves as the “federal and national standard for geographical nomenclature”. Google Maps will also change the name of the highest mountain peak in North America from Denali, the name given by Alaska’s natives, Mount McKinley when Gnis reflects his new official designation.
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Google said it is a long -standing practice for the company to apply the name changes on the maps only after being updated in the official government resources. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to change the name of the body of the water and the interior department announced Friday is now officially known as the Gulf of America.
However, only users in the US will see it labeled as such. The Gulf of Mexico will still be called for users in Mexico, while users from outside any country will see both names in their Google Maps application. Google said another official long -standing practice is to show official local names when they vary between countries and how Reuters notes, the rule has applied to many other areas with territorial names and disputes such as Japan sea.
