Google's policy is that its map will display one official name for each of the countries local to the place in question. That means American users will see "Gulf of America" and Mexican users will ...

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As part of the changes, “Gulf of Mexico” will now be called “Gulf of America” on Google Maps for US users. Outside of the two countries, Google Maps users will see both names on the service.

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When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the US quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America. “When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name.

Google notes that only users in the United States will see both changes because when “official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the ...

Google said that only users in the United States will see both changes because when "official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the ...

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“When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too,” the company explained.

"When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the U.S. quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America." "Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between countries, Maps users ...