Google Maps users in the United States can expect to see the body of water known for centuries such as the Gulf of Mexico renamed by the Gulf of America, aligning with the terms of President Trump’s controversial executive order. Google also said that Denali, a mountain in southern Alaska and the highest peak in North America, will be called Mount McKinley on their maps for those same users, reflecting the presidential mandate.
The changes will not enter into force until the government updated those sites lists in the Geographic name information systemAn official database that includes descriptions and location information for millions of places within the United States until Tuesday, the Gulf of Mexico and Denali still appears as such in the Board of Directors.
“We have received some questions about the names of Google Maps. We have a long time practice to apply name changes when they have been updated in official government sources,” Google wrote in a publication on social networks Monday. Its policy is to implement title changes for geographical characteristics in the US. After the adjustments appear in the geographical name information system.
“When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the United States quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America,” said the technology company.
Google said the name of a location may appear differently depending on where maps users are. When the title of a place varies between countries, users will see the official name used by the country where they access maps. All in other parts of the world see both names.
The interior department announced Friday that the Gulf of Mexico had become called Golf de América, and Denali had become called Mount McKinley, In response to a directive Signed by Mr. Trump shortly after assuming the position.
In a press release, the agency said the changes “reaffirm the nation’s commitment to preserve the extraordinary heritage of the United States and ensure that future generations of Americans celebrate the legacy of their historical heroes and assets.” The United States Geographical Name Board was configured to start updating “the official federal nomenclature in the geographical name information system to reflect these changes, with an immediate effect for federal use,” added the department.
Although the federal government will formally refer to both the Gulf and the Mountain for its new names, in government documents and official US maps. UU., For example, other nations are required to recognize them. Associated Press, whose style orientation many news organizations usually follow, said he will call the Gulf of Mexico by his original name while recognizing the name of the Gulf of America. The AP will also refer to Denali as Mount McKinley, since Trump’s position gives him authority to alter the geographical names of places within the country.
The Gulf of Mexico first appeared on a world map approximately 400 years ago, as the president of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum said During an informative session earlier this month where he made fun of what Mr. Trump’s proposal was at that time to change the name of the ocean basin that shares an almost equal coast length with his country and the United States citing one of the founding documents of Mexico that dates from early 1800 and preceded the Constitution of the Nation, Sheinbaumum sarcastically suggested to change the name of North America “Mexican America”, which translates into “Mexican America”.
The name of Denali comes from the indigenous residents of Koyukon de Alaska who are natives of the area around the mountain. Subject to disputes over the decades, the United States appointed Mount McKinley in early 1900 to commemorate a murdered president. The name was formally changed to Denali by former President Barack Obama during his administration.
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