The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

After U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in January, some digital maps quickly made the change, at least for American users.

People using Maps in the U.S. will see "Gulf of America," and people in Mexico will see "Gulf of Mexico." Everyone else will see both names," it added. Right after his inauguration on January 20 ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The decision has sparked controversy among world leaders ...

The National Hurricane Center storm tracking map, a feature as familiar to Floridians ... 14 on its website that the U.S. Board on Geographic Names was directed to immediately rename the Gulf of ...

With the United States now recognizing the Gulf waters as the “Gulf of America” and not the “Gulf of Mexico,” digital map creators are deciding how best to reflect the name change for their users.

MEXICO CITY (AP ... practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.” As of Thursday, how the Gulf appeared on Google Maps was dependent on ...

Google is set to update Google Maps in the U.S. to reflect President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, and use Denali’s now-official name of ...

(THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico ... Names, which is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, the agency in charge of making maps.