Condé Nast Traveler21d
How Names on Maps Get Changed—and Who Gets to Decide
The Gulf of Mexico and Denali mountain are having their names changed by the US government. Here's why that matters to locals ...
The Falcons Wire24d
National Weather Service changes maps to read Gulf of America instead of Gulf of Mexico
The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho ...
The Washington Post25d
Mexico threatens to sue Google over ‘Gulf of America’ name change
Mexico is threatening to take Google to court over its “Gulf of America” name change on maps for users in the United States ... U.S. government database of geographic names, as well as ...
The Washington Post25d
Google adds Gulf of America to its maps but scrubbed Pride from its calendar
“Gulf of America” is now in official use on a U.S. government database of geographic names ... Google also updated its maps for users in the United States. People in Mexico will still see ...
Foreign Affairs1d
The Return of Spheres of Influence
The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...
‘Every map is political’: Can we trust them?
Right now, if you’re looking at Google Maps from Europe, the name of the body of water bound to the east by Florida, Cuba, ...
Education Week9d
Gulf of America or Gulf of Mexico? How Teachers Are Handling Trump’s Name Change
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ...
The Boston Globe28d
Bristling at ‘Gulf of Mexico’ name change on maps, Mexico says it might sue Google
If the user is in the United States ... pop up on the map when searched. This is not the first time Mexicans and Americans have disagreed on the names of key geographic areas, such as the border ...
CNET24d
Apple, Microsoft, Google All Switched to Gulf of America in Maps Programs
Apple Maps, Bing Maps and Google Maps have all changed their Maps software and apps to now display Gulf of America on the body of water that's been known as the Gulf of Mexico since the 16th century.
Palm Beach Post24d
National Weather Service changes maps to read Gulf of America instead of Gulf of Mexico
The National Hurricane Center storm tracking map, a feature as familiar to Floridians ... dominate the resource-rich body of water. The United States and Mexico almost equally split coastline ...
MLive28d
Mexico says it might sue Google over Gulf of Mexico name change on maps
If the user is in the United States ... pop up on the map when searched. This is not the first time Mexicans and Americans have disagreed on the names of key geographic areas, such as the border ...