What’s in a name? How much does changing the name of a body of water really matter? These are the questions that irked U.S.-based cartographer Michael Hermann when President Donald Trump renamed the ...

Why stop at Gulf of America? Our maps are full of foreign names and languages — including a Palm Beach resort with a Spanish name.

Remember MapQuest? To me, that name invokes happy memories of printed-out directions in 2006 and playing navigator for my parents from the backseat. Two printed sheets show a list of MapQuest driving ...

During his remarks at McDonald's Impact Summit 2025 last month, Donald Trump tried to defend his "Gulf of America" name ...

Google, Apple and Bing Maps have changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America following an executive order from President Trump. MapQuest has not yet updated its map to reflect Trump's order. In ...

Mexico has filed a lawsuit against Google after it changed the label for the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its maps platform to match US President Donald Trump’s executive order to amend ...

Just hours into Trump Mobile’s Monday launch touting American-made smartphones, the venture pulled its coverage map after sharp-eyed users noticed a curious detail: the body of water south of Texas ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum accused Google on Monday of violating the country’s sovereignty, leaving open the possibility of a lawsuit over the tech company labeling the Gulf of Mexico as the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is taking a step toward formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on state maps and documents, and it comes in the form of Senate Bill 1717. The bill has passed ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that her government wouldn't rule out filing a civil lawsuit against Google if it maintains its stance of calling the stretch of sea between ...

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