2025-02-11
Google adopts Gulf of America for US Maps users
Google Maps now officially shows the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America if you open the app in the US. In a blog post, Google said it rolled out the named change because the government has already updated the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which decides the "federal and national standard for geographic nomenclature." One of the executive orders President Donald Trump signed in January when he took office renames the body of water, but Google Discover Copy
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Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, but only for US users
Yes, Google Maps is renaming the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America," but you won't see it when you open the app just yet. In a series of tweets, the News from Google ac [...]
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Mexico is suing Google over 'Gulf of America' name change for US users
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Google I/O 2025 recap: AI updates, Android XR, Google Beam and everything else announced at the annual keynote
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2025-05-30
Google Maps falsely told drivers in Germany that roads across the country were closed
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2025-05-21
GeoGuessr community maps go dark in protest of EWC ties to human rights abuses
A group of GeoGuessr map creators have pulled their contributions from the game to protest its participation in the Esports World Cup 2025, calling the tournament "a sportswashing tool used by th [...]
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Google says a technical issue caused some users’ Maps Timeline data to be deleted
After weeks of some Google Maps users reporting that their Timelines had been wiped of all the places they’ve visited, as spotted by 9to5Google earlier this month, Google has confirmed that some use [...]