Google Maps users in the United States may expect to see the body of water for centuries as the name of the Gulf of Mexico was changed to the name of the Gulf of America, which lined with the terms of President Trump Controversial executive orderGoogle also said that Denali, a mountain in the highest peak of Southern Alaska and North America, is being called Mount McCinley on its map for similar users, which reflects the President's mandate.
Changes will not be effective until the government updates those site listing Geographical name information systemAn official database that includes details and location information for millions of places within the US until Tuesday morning, the Gulf of Mexico and Denali still appears in the directory.
Google said, “We have found some questions about naming within Google maps. We have a long practice to apply name change when they are updated to official government sources.” Social media post monday. Their policy is to apply title changes to geographical characteristics in the US after adjustment to the geographical name information system.
“When this happens, we will quickly update Google Maps in the US to show Mount McCinley and America to show the Gulf of America,” said Tech Company.
Google said that the name of a place may appear separately, where the maps are users. When the title of a location varies between countries, users will see the official name used by the country where they are reaching the map. Everyone in the world sees both names.
The internal department announced on Friday that the Gulf of Mexico was renamed to America's Gulf, and Denali again changed the name of Mount McKinley, In response to a instruction Signed by Mr. Trump soon after taking over.
In a news release, the agency stated that the change “confirms the country's commitment to preserve the United States' extraordinary heritage and ensure that future generations of Americans celebrate their heroes and historical property legacy. . ” The department said, “The US board on geographical names” was prescribed to reflect these changes in the geographical name information system to be immediately effective for federal use, federal use. ,
Although the federal government will formally refer to both the Gulf and the mountains with their new names – government documents and official American maps, for example – other countries do not need to identify them. The Associated Press, whose style guidance usually follows many news organizations, said it would call the Gulf of Mexico with its original name, accepting the name of the Gulf of America. AP will also refer to Denali as Mount McKinley, as Mr. Trump's position gives him the right to change the geographical names of the places inside the country.
The Gulf of Mexico first appeared on a world map about 400 years ago, as the President of Mexico was told by Claudia Shinbam During a briefing earlier this month Where he was at the time on the proposal to change the name of Shri Trump's ocean basin, which shared the close length of the beach with his country and the US and citing one of the founding documents of Mexico 1800 of 1800 In the early decade and before the Constitution of the country, Shinbam surcically suggested to change the name of North America “Amika Mexicana,” which translates into “Mexican America”.
Denali's name comes from Alaska's Koyukon indigenous residents who are native to the surrounding area of the mountain. Subject to the dispute for decades, the US nominated Mount McKinley in the early 1900s to convince a killed President. The name was formally converted into Denali by former President Barack Obama during his administration.