With the United States now recognizing the Gulf waters as the “Gulf of America” and not the “Gulf of Mexico,” digital map creators are deciding how best to reflect the name change for their users.

When NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams splashed down last week after more than nine months in space, they ...

LOS ANGELES — 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 as the Gulf of America. The change follows an ...

I use ‘180 Days of Geography’ in my morning work packets, and this past week was about tornado alley, and on the map, it was labeled ‘Gulf of Mexico.’ No one blinked or said anything about ...

“I’m a big believer in tradition,” he says. “And so, for this time around, because the map’s about to go to print, we’re going to stick with the tradition of Gulf of Mexico. Or we may just call it ...

At the same time, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order earlier this month aiming to replace the Gulf of Mexico name in documents, maps and other materials published by state agencies.

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

So, for that reason, every map is political in some way. Pindell: I think when Donald Trump first said we should make the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, the first question was can he do that?

Ron DeSantis cited the "Gulf of America" in a winter storm order, and both Google Maps and the FAA acknowledged ... refrained from renaming the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America." ...

This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. After US President Donald Trump issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico ...