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 – ...

Fortunately you don’t need to be a polyglot to read a U.S. map like a book; just take a take a look at the graphic below for the English translations of capital city and state names. To put ...

“The new continent was surrounded by water, and, on the part that is known today as Brazil, the map-makers placed a name: America,” reports Madhvi Ramani for the BBC. “Also longstanding ...

Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too," Google said in a post on X on its @NewsFromGoogle account last month. Here's a list of some of the top map applications ...

Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names.” Story continues after photo gallery. Map applications on Apple and Bing have since followed Google's lead. MapQuest, however, isn't among them.

Tap a city name to see where you went in that city and ... You can also double-click a red dot on the map to check out the exact day you traveled to that spot. Read next ...

The gulf name will appear differently for people in ... After giving the gulf a new designation, its title will appear over the water of a map that users can download or share on social media ...