Google is planning to update Google Maps to show the Gulf of America, after President Trump's executive order which renames the Gulf of Mexico. Here's when that will happen.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) got hit with a wave of taunts Monday in another effort to legitimize the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”
Google said today that it plans to update Google Maps to reflect President Trump’s January 20th executive order to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali to the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley,
President Donald Trump drew a mixed frenzy of eyebrow raises and excitement when he made a bold promise to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” in early January. He doubled-down on the promise during his inauguration speech this week,
On his first day in office, Trump signed orders to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and for Denali -- the highest in the United States -- to revert to Mt. McKinley in Alaska. The president claimed the changes are in line with his “America First” platform.
The owner of Gulfofamerica.com remains unknown but the website – it sells maps, globes and other gear – is registered to domain registrar NameBright.
While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.
Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali mountain in Google Maps once a federal mapping database reflects changes ordered by the Trump
The change will be visible in the US, but the name will remain "Gulf of Mexico" in Mexico. Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps.
The change will be visible in the U.S., but the name will remain Gulf of Mexico in Mexico. Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps.
Google announced the Gulf of Mexico will be renamed ’Gulf of America’ in US maps, while users in Mexico will still see the original name. This follows an executive order from President Trump and reflects Google’s policy of aligning map names with official government updates.