Yes, Google Maps is renaming The “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Golf of America”, but you won’t see it if you still open the app. In a number of tweets, the news from Google Account showed that the Maps app introduces an update with the name change after the US government has updated the geographical name information system (GIS), which is the “Federal and National Standard for Geographical Nomenklatur.
In this case, we will quickly update Google Maps in the USA to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America.
– News from Google (@Newsfromgoogle) January 27, 2025
Google said that it was a longstanding practice for the company to apply name changes in maps only after it has been updated in the official state resources. President Donald Trump signed one Executive order Last week to change the name of the water and the interior department announced On Friday that it is now officially known as a Gulf of America.
However, only users in the USA are referred to as such. It is still referred to as the Gulf of Mexico for users in Mexico, while users from outside of a two country will see both names in their Google Maps app. Google said that another long -term official practice is to show official local names if they vary between the countries and as Reuters Notes that the rule has applied to many other areas with name names and territorial disputes such as this Sea of Japan.
