Google Maps switched Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on Monday. "We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources," Google said.

If Google renames the Gulf of Mexico, it will reprise the older map’s negotiation of fact and fiction, a liminal state that modern cartography strives to avoid.

After mapmakers in 1507 first attached the label America to a massive world map printed in France, they began to have serious misgivings about their choice of words.

Google Maps said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System.

Google Maps, the world's premier mapping app, now recognizes the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of American. So far Apple hasn't followed suit.

Google added, “Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names.

Google has changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" for US users of its Maps service after the US government unilaterally renamed the body of water. Both names are displayed for ...

This image from Google Maps viewed from a browser in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, shows the Gulf of Mexico renamed the “Gulf of America.” (Google via AP) more > ...

Google is complying with President Donald Trump’s executive action that renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Soon, the name change will appear on Google Maps.

This image from Google Maps viewed from a browser in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, shows the Gulf of Mexico renamed the “Gulf of America.” (Google via AP) AP ...

Google Maps has replaced the Gulf of Mexico with the Gulf of America. The White House posted about the change on Google Maps on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.

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