{"id":388,"date":"2025-01-28T01:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T02:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insystechim.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2025-01-28T17:56:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:56:35","slug":"google-maps-to-rename-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insystechim.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/google-maps-to-rename-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America'"},"content":{"rendered":"
Google said on Monday that it will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” in Google Maps once it is updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System.<\/p>\n
Google Maps will also change the name of Denali in Alaska to “Mount McKinley.”<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve received a few questions about naming within Google Maps. We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources,” the company said in an X post.<\/a><\/p>\n But users in other countries will see both names displayed on the map in line with a long standing practice, the company said.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump ordered the name changes the day of his inauguration last week, making good on his campaign promise. The federal government has since formally implemented<\/a> the directive to rename both.<\/p>\n The Gulf of Mexico change is new, but naming the nation\u2019s highest peak has been a matter of debate for years.<\/p>\n