Google said it would rename the body of water to “Gulf of America” after it is updated in the U.S. government system in response to Trump’s executive order.
Google said the name changes, which also includes using Mount McKinley, will happen when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated.
Google will comply with President Donald Trump’s executive action to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Google maps will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
President Donald Trump found time during his busy inauguration day to issue a dizzying number of executive orders and begin reshaping the federal government to fulfill his promises to supporters. One of those was changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico.
A supermajority of Americans don’t approve of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” according to the results of a new poll. Around 70% of respondents to the latest Reuters/Ipsos survey opposed the move, with 25% of respondents supporting it. The rest were unsure.
Among the first executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named "Gulf of America." "President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American civilization," the newly inaugurated president's executive order said.
Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first hours as the 47th president, The Post has learned.
Google Maps will comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. This change will only apply users in the United States.
The tech company said Monday it has a “longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”
"As directed by the President, the Gulf of Mexico will now officially be known as the Gulf of America," the Interior Department stated in a statement last week. Google responded by noting that the change complies with its longstanding policy of aligning map labeling with updates in official government databases.
Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its Maps service.