The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for U.S.-based users of Google Maps ...

When you think of some of the greatest sites in the United States, you may envision postcard-worthy landscapes or popular attractions you see in brochures. What many people don’t know is what those ...

Hull, who introduced the bill, said it is meant to align with the executive order signed by President Donald Trump.

Google has officially reclassified the United States as a “sensitive country” in its Maps division, a move that came after ...

The early skirmishes over global landmarks are nothing compared to the fights over renaming public projects after President ...

Google has announced its policy for the naming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali mountain after a controversial presidential executive order Hours after taking office, President Trump ...

The massive, multinational corporation announced Monday that it would bend to an executive order, signed by Trump on his first day back in office, renaming the highest peak in the United States “Mount ...

"We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources," Google wrote in a post on X.

Former President Barack Obama renamed the Alaska landmark to Denali in 2015 ... Google notes that only users in the United States will see both changes because when “official names vary between ...

The New Names will start appearing to users across the United States as part of this update. Users of Google Maps outside the U.S. will notice that the landmarks display dual naming distinctions of ...