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After announcing it would be renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Google has officially changed on its Maps application.
Apple Maps changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America Tuesday, after Google Maps changed the body of water's name on Monday.
Apple Maps has quietly been updated to change the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" when viewed by U.S. users. This comes a mere day after Google made the same change to its own Maps app.
The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America for Google Maps users in the United States, keeping with the terms of President Trump's controversial executive order to rename the body of water.
It will remain Gulf of Mexico for users within Mexico. Google Maps will display both Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of America to users who are neither in the US nor in Mexico.
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Google is among the first companies to rename maps from Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Other software leaders, like Apple Maps, are starting to follow suit.
Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali on its maps for users in the U.S. following President Trump's controversial executive order.
Google Maps now labels the Gulf of America for U.S. users, and the Gulf of Mexico for those in Mexico. This isn't the first body of water to have different names according to different countries.
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.
Google Maps said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System.