For US users, Google Maps formally adopts Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico.

• For US users, Google Maps now refers to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
• On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order directing the adjustments to “honor American greatness.”

When it differs between countries, users will see their local official name; both names are displayed to the rest of the globe.

In accordance with an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in January, Google Maps has changed the Gulf of Mexico’s name for users based in the United States.

As on Monday evening, search results for “Gulf of Mexico” in Google Maps in the United States are showing up as “Gulf of America.”

For those who are not in the United States, the result displays “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).”

On his first day in office, the president issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and renaming the highest mountain peak in North America Mount McKinley instead of Denali. As of this writing, Google Maps still shows “Denali” as the original name.

It was anticipated that Google Maps might change. Prior to this, Google claimed to have “a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”Following the revisions made by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the business announced that it would update maps in the United States. The GNIS, a database of more than 2 million physical and cultural features throughout the US and its territories, standardizes geographic names for federal use.The Secretary of the Interior was given 30 days by Trump’s executive order to update the GNIS to reflect the new names.

In 2015, former President Barack Obama renamed the mountain peak Denali instead of Mount McKinley in respect of the names given to the Alaska mountain by local Native people.

“It is still the Gulf of Mexico for us and for the entire world,” stated Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in January.

When official names differ between nations, Google formerly stated that Maps users would see the official name used in their country, while the rest of the globe would see both names. According to the business, this was likewise in line with established policy.

Business Insider reached out to Google for comment, but the company did not reply.