'Gulf of America' arrives on Google Maps after President Trump renames area

The assemblage of h2o formerly known successful the United States arsenic the Gulf of Mexico is present listed for US-based users of Google Maps arsenic the Gulf of America.

The alteration follows an enforcement bid by US President Donald Trump renaming the area. Google has antecedently said it has "a longstanding signifier of applying sanction changes erstwhile they person been updated successful authoritative authorities sources."

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"People utilizing Maps successful the US volition spot 'Gulf of America,' and radical successful Mexico volition spot 'Gulf of Mexico.' Everyone other volition spot some names," it said successful a connection Monday.

Google said past period it would besides alteration the sanction of Mount McKinley, the nation's highest peak, from Denali pursuing Trump's order. Former President Barack Obama renamed the Alaska landmark to Denali successful 2015 arsenic a motion to the region's autochthonal population. But that alteration hasn't been made connected Google Maps arsenic of Tuesday.

Both changes stem from an executive enactment that Trump signed soon aft taking office, saying the changes "honor American greatness."

The bid criticized Obama's determination to rename McKinley arsenic "an affront to President McKinley's life, his achievements, and his sacrifice." Drawing parallels to Trump, the bid notes that McKinley "championed tariffs" and was assassinated "in an onslaught connected our Nation's values and our success."

The US Federal Aviation Administration besides issued a announcement Monday regarding the geographical sanction changes.

"Please beryllium advised that the FAA is successful the process of updating our information and charts to amusement a sanction alteration from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and a sanction alteration from Denali to Mount McKinley," the bureau said.

The US Coast Guard, liable for patrolling the nation's maritime coastal waters, has besides begun incorporating the caller Gulf of America sanction alteration successful its nationalist notices.

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