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.

(THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico ... place names are standardized by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, which is part of the U.S. Geological ...

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 ...

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 ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ...

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 ...

As of Monday, Google Maps now reflects that change for U.S. users. Users in Mexico will still see the name Gulf of Mexico, while everywhere else, users will see both names. The change comes the ...

Google renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for U.S.-based users of Google Maps, citing “a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official ...

(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.