The Hill29d
Apple renames Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America on maps
The U.S. Geographic Names Information System officially updated the name to the Gulf of America late Sunday, according to The Associated Press. Google Maps and Bing Maps have also renamed the gulf ...
The Times (Shreveport) on MSN9h
Louisiana Department of Education adjusts framework to reflect Gulf of America name change
According to LDOE, the Freedom Framework for social studies standards references the Gulf in two areas -- fourth and fifth grade. These changes will be enacted in the 2025-2026 school year and schools ...
It’s not just the Gulf of Mexico. Why is so much of America named after foreign countries?
Our exhaustive search of American place names discovered that one country has been a shockingly dominant source of ...
Louisiana schools to adopt ‘Gulf of America’ name in updated social studies standards
Louisiana is one of the first states to formally update social studies standards to reflect the renaming of the Gulf of ...
Houston Chronicle29d
Which online maps are changing the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America in the U.S.?
The Geographic Names Information System database changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America earlier this week. It came after President Donald Trump's executive order on his ...
The Hill28d
Mexico threatens to sue Google over Gulf of Mexico name change
Google Maps announced Monday it had updated the name of the body of water to the Gulf of America for its U.S. users after the U.S. Geographic Names Information System made the change official.
Mapquest trolls Trump with ‘name your own gulf’ website
This comes after the U.S. Geographic Names Information System updated the Gulf of America name earlier this month. Microsoft ...
Washington Times28d
Google Maps turns off reviews for Gulf of America
Google no longer lets users leave reviews for the Gulf of America after the company updated its maps to comply with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System. The Gulf of ...
The Washington Post7d
It’s not just the Gulf of Mexico. Why is so much of America named after foreign countries?
We began our search for clues in the Geographic Names Information System, a mother lode of almost 2.3 million officially designated streams, summits, seas and cemeteries. We used a lengthier list ...
WKYC329d
Another major maps app has changed Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America in the US
The U.S. Geographic Names Information System officially updated the name late Sunday. Microsoft has also made the name change on its Bing maps. The Associated Press, which provides news around the ...
Hosted on MSN29d
US: Gulf of America name change in the U.S.
Sarasota, United States - January 28, 2025 In the U.S., the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has officially updated “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America.” People using Maps in ...
San Antonio Express-News24d
Mexico threatens to sue after Google Maps switched to Gulf of America
after the U.S. Geographic Names Information System made official President Donald Trump's executive order to change the name within the federal government. Google Maps users in Mexico still see ...