With the United States now recognizing the Gulf waters as the “Gulf of America” and not the “Gulf of Mexico,” digital map creators are deciding how best to reflect the name change for their users.

But Peterson also loved fishing, and when he and a friend learned that ... He’s decided: This version of the map will say “Gulf of Mexico.” “When I look in the rearview mirror 20 years from now,” he ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

LOS ANGELES — The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for U.S.-based users of Google Maps as the Gulf of America. The change follows an ...

I use ‘180 Days of Geography’ in my morning work packets, and this past week was about tornado alley, and on the map, it was labeled ‘Gulf of Mexico.’ No one blinked or said anything about ...

Innisfree McKinnon, University of Wisconsin-Stout (THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and ... in charge of making maps.

Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order that directs state agencies to change all references to the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana laws and other documents to the “Gulf of America.” ...

This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. After US President Donald Trump issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico ...

The state is home to 3,359 miles of shoreline along the Gulf of Mexico, and from Sabine Pass ... An small, undisturbed fishing town with untouched charm, it's not known to many—although word ...

Town councils and businesses along the gulf are conflicted over whether and how to ditch ‘Mexico’ in its name.

Yes – at least, according to the U.S. federal government and Google Maps. Other countries are still referring to the body of water as the Gulf of Mexico. According to the United States ...