Google says it has a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.

Shakespeare once asked, “What’s in a name? Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?” And in the case of Denali, would a mountain by another name be as magnificent?

Google said it would follow the Trump administration in renaming the Gulf of Mexico once the new name is updated in government sources.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to Google contesting the tech giant’s decision to comply with US President Donald Trump’s order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

In executive order signed on his 1st day back in office on Jan. 20, US President Trump directed secretary of interior to implement changes within 30 days - Anadolu Ajansı

He also signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" and Denali as "Mount McKinley." Despite this, Google Maps and Apple Maps have not yet been updated to reflect ...

The company said Monday that it will only make changes when the government updates its official listings for the body of water and the mountain.

President Donald Trump wants to rename Denali and the Gulf of Mexico to Mount McKinley and Gulf of America, and Google said it would update its maps if it happens.

The tech giant revealed the reasons behind the proposed changes on social media after receiving questions from users.

One of the first things President Trump did after taking office was announce plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Apparently, the very name “America” was sort of an accident by mapmakers back in the 1500s, starting when German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller thought the two continents (North and South America) ought to be named after an obscure Italian explorer named Amerigo Vespucci.