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Google Maps’ Strategy for Navigating the ‘Gulf of America’


The Trump administration recently declared that the Gulf of Mexico had been renamed the Gulf of America, along with changing the name of the Alaskan peak Denali back to Mount McKinley. However, popular mapping services like Google and Apple have yet to update their maps to reflect these changes.

Google announced that it would update its maps to display the Gulf of America once the U.S. government updated its official maps. The company stated that they have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.

The U.S. Department of the Interior confirmed that they were implementing the executive order, but official government maps had not been updated yet from the Geographic Names Information System (G.N.I.S.). Once the G.N.I.S. made the change, Google would follow suit in its Maps application.

Google users in the United States will see the Gulf of America name, while those in Mexico will still see “Gulf of Mexico.” Users outside of America will see both names side by side, with the Gulf of Mexico name appearing first, followed by Gulf of America in parentheses.

Google Maps has a history of using different names for places depending on a user’s location, especially in cases of geopolitical disputes. For example, the body of water between Saudi Arabia and Iran is labeled as “Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf)” on Google Maps.

When the Obama administration changed the name of Mount McKinley to Denali in 2015, Google updated its Maps application within three days. Apple has not yet commented on whether it will adopt the Gulf of America name for its Maps application.

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