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How Names on Maps Get Changed—and Who Gets to Decide

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness” instructing the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN), a federal body ...
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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 first ...
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Google Maps will change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America

(AP) - 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. The company said Monday that it will only make changes when ...
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For Google Maps Users in U.S., It’s Now the Gulf of America

People in Mexico will still see the name Gulf of Mexico, with international users seeing both names, Google said. The change follows an executive order from President Trump. By Yan Zhuang Google has ...
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The complicated business of changing digital map names and boundaries

Geography has been part of President Trump’s agenda. His first day on the job, he signed an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Denali, the highest peak ...
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Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them

Derek H. Alderman is affiliated with the Federal Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names, U.S. Department of Interior. Daniel Oto-Peralías receives funding from the Andalusian Government ...