the names are based on the region you select in your Search settings or your device's location, if you haven't selected one." The Interior Department announced the Gulf of Mexico had been formally ...

U.S. Google Maps results for "Gulf of Mexico," automatically changed to "Gulf of America" and showing the location's label as "Gulf of America." Credit: Mashable screenshot / Google Late last ...

MEXICO CITY (AP ... Press analysis shows that as of Thursday, the user’s location and other data was dependent on how the Gulf appeared on Google Maps. If the user is in the United States ...

The area, long named the Gulf ... user's location and other data. If the user is in the United States, the body of water appeared as Gulf of America. If the user was physically in Mexico, it ...

Apple Maps has renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, after the Trump administration updated the U.S. database for geographic names to reflect the president’s order renaming the body of ...

still labelled "Gulf of Mexico" on the map. However, the popup over it has now been amended to read "Gulf of America." Using the same search terms in Apple Maps' browser beta within the U.S. will ...

the Gulf of Mexico has been renamed to the Gulf of America. The display map for the Gazetteer application is in the process of being updated to reflect this name change." The order directs the ...

“People in the US will see ‘Gulf of America’. Everyone else will see both names,” the letter added. Sheinbaum said Mexico is now sending a new letter back to Google, which reads “any ...

The tech giant wrote in a blog post that users outside the United States will continue to see both the original and new name for the Gulf of Mexico, as is the case for other disputed locations.

The tech giant wrote in a blog post that users outside the United States will continue to see both the original and new name for the Gulf of Mexico, as is the case for other disputed locations.

9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) This image from Google Maps viewed from a browser in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, shows the Gulf of Mexico renamed the “Gulf of America.” (Google via AP) A map ...