Google Maps in the US will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' to comply with President Trump's executive order. The change will be reflected once the Geographic Names Information System, a government database, updates its records. Google will also reinstate 'Mount McKinley' for the Alaskan mountain currently known as Denali. The move has sparked controversy, with Alaskan senators opposing the renaming of Denali National Park and Preserve.
to the “Gulf of America” for its Google Maps users in the United States to stay in line with President, including changing the name of the body of water that will be acknowledged by federal agencies. Google said its maps will update when the Geographic Names Information System, a government database of names and location data, makes the change.in a social media post. “We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.
Google also said it would start using the name “Mount McKinley” for the mountain in Alaska currently called Denali. The mountain was named Mount McKinley until 2015, when then-President Barack Obama’s administration changed it to “Denali” as a symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives. At the time,Google said only users in the U.S. will see the change, adding that the name “Gulf of Mexico” will remain displayed for users in Mexico and that users in other countries will see both names.Sens.
“I prefer the name Denali that was given to that great mountain by the great patriotic Koyukon Athabascan people thousands of years ago,” Sullivan said. “You can’t improve upon the name that Alaska’s Koyukon Athabascans bestowed on North America’s tallest peak, Denali: the Great One,” Murkowski said. “For years, I advocated in Congress to restore the rightful name for this majestic mountain to respect Alaska’s first people who have lived on these lands for thousands of years. This is an issue that should not be relitigated.
Google Maps has routinely used different names to refer to the same locations, depending on a user’s location, if there is a geopolitical dispute. For example, the body of water between Saudi Arabia and Iran has been subject to naming disputes for decades. There, Google labels the gulf for international users as “Persian Gulf ,” and in Arab countries near the body of water, Google Maps calls it the “Arabian Gulf.
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