Google Maps and Apple Maps have officially updated their platforms to reflect the recent renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, a change that began appearing for U.S. users this week. This move was made in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order issued on Jan. 20 that directed the name change.
According to a Google blog post on Feb. 10, the company started implementing the name change following the official update of the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) late on Feb. 10. Apple followed suit on Feb. 11, making the change after the GNIS update became official.
