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.

So Hermann launched a Kickstarter to fund his vision for a new map of the Gulf of Mexico. “Maps tend to shape things like memory and meaning,” Hermann said.

MapQuest Just Had The Cheekiest Clapback To The Renaming Of The Gulf Of Mexico, And You Can Make A Map Say Literally Whatever You Want. Siena Giljum. Fri, February 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.

Key Background. Trump signed the executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico on his first day in office, also changing the name of the Alaskan mountain Denali back to its previous title, Mt ...

Google, Apple and Bing Maps have changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America following an executive order from President Trump. MapQuest has not yet updated its map to reflect Trump's order.

Mexico might sue Google over the "Gulf of America" label on Google Maps. The label change follows Trump's January 20 executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

The area, long named the Gulf of Mexico across the the world, has gained a geopolitical spotlight in recent weeks after President Donald Trump declared he would change the Gulf’s name.

Mexico has sued Google after it caved to President Donald Trump's demands to change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its map for users in the US. Just hours after he took office in ...

MapQuest retains Gulf of Mexico name. Map applications on Apple and Bing have since followed Google's lead. MapQuest, however, isn't among them.The navigation company has retained the Gulf of ...

Sheinbaum said Mexico will send another letter arguing the map violates Mexico’s sovereignty because the U.S. has control over about 46 percent of the Gulf, while Mexico controls about 49 ...

Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said ...