Google will change the name of the Mexican Gulf to American on Google Maps after the Federal Geographical Name Base will reflect the changes prescribed by the president of the United States, Donald Trump. This is indicated in the company’s message on its page on the social network X.
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“We received several questions about the assignment of names on Google Maps. For a long time we have been practicing a change in the names after their update in official government sources, ”said Google.
It was observed that when the Federal Base of Geographic Names of the United States will be updated, the Gulf of Mexico will be called American for US users, and Denali’s peak in Alaska will be called again in honor of the 25th president of the country William McKinley (the mountain It was renamed Denali in 2015 under then President Barack Obama).
At the same time, they added that in the event that the official names of geographical objects in different countries are different, Google Maps users see the official local name, and both options are shown for users in the rest of the world.
On January 20, Trump signed a decree that launched the process of renamed the Gulf of Mexico in the American and the highest mountain in North America in McCinley.
Later, the United States Internal Affairs Ministry said that “these changes confirm the country’s commitment to preserve the outstanding inheritance of the United States and guarantee future generations of Americans to honor the legacy of heroes and historical values “
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