Google Maps Updates Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America for US Users

Google Maps has officially updated its platform to reflect the recent renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, a change that began appearing for U.S. users on Monday. This move was made in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order issued on Jan. 20, which directed the name change. According to a Google blog post on Feb. 10, the company has started implementing the name change following the official update of the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Google said that this action aligns with their “longstanding practices” of applying name changes when they are updated in official government sources....