“Denali” is the mountain’s preferred name for Alaska Natives. Former President Barack Obama ordered it changed in 2015 from ...

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

Google will amend the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps only when the US government officially updates its ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the ...

The changes will not take effect until the government updates those site listings in the Geographic Names Information System, an official database that includes descriptions and location ...

"For geographic features in the U.S., this is when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated," the company said. "When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the U.S. quickly to ...

GNIS stands for Geographic Names Information System. That would require the name change by Feb. 19. Gulf of America on Google Maps would be visible only in US The name change on Google Maps would ...

Yes, Google Maps is renaming the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America," but you won't see it when you open the app just yet. In a series of tweets, the News from Google account has revealed ...

Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on ...