Gulf of America name change now official in U.S. and on Google Maps

[dalton99a]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/10/gulf-of-america-name-change-google/

Gulf of America name change now official in U.S. and on Google Maps
“Gulf of America” is now officially on a U.S. database of geographic names after President Donald Trump issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
February 10, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. EST
By Rachel Pannett

“Gulf of America” is now in official use on a U.S. government database of geographic names, and on Google Maps, after President Donald Trump last month issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum shared the news Sunday on social media, saying the department had implemented the change. “It’s official,” he wrote.

Trump the same day signed a proclamation aboard Air Force One declaring Feb. 9 “Gulf of America Day,” as he flew over the gulf on his way to the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Over the intercom, the pilot used the new name for the body of water as he announced the flight path, according to video shared on social media by Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter.

Google also updated its maps for users in the United States. People in Mexico will still see the name Gulf of Mexico, while those outside the two countries will see both names, Google said Monday in a blog post.

It could take a while for the name to be updated on all government communications and websites. A notice on the U.S. Geological Survey website Monday said its display map was “in the process of being updated to reflect this name change.”



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Secretary Burgum: "Right away, Sir"

[Initech]

1. Absolute fucking insanity.

[Lovie777]

2. It's the Gulf of Mexico.........................

[Sugarcoated]

3. I'll just delete it

and switch to Waze

[newdeal2]

6. Waze is owned by Google

[Sugarcoated]

16. Mapquest

...and there are others not owned by google

[sinkingfeeling]

8. I downloaded Waze, but can't get it to give me the info in English. Do you know how to change the settings?

[aeromanKC]

4. America is nothing more than a big fucking joke around the world anymore.

Fuck Trump's Fascist America.

[travelingthrulife]

5. Why is google being such an unwise dick?

Sheer idiocy.

[SonOfNebanaube]

7. ???

I wonder how much that f****** cost the taxpayers?

[Solly Mack]

9. The Gulf of White Supremacy.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. I don't see Rand McNally stopping it's presses.

[sop]

11. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names

"The U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a Federal body created in 1890 and established in its present form by Public Law in 1947 to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout the Federal Government. The BGN comprises representatives of Federal agencies concerned with geographic information, population, ecology, and management of public lands. Sharing its responsibilities with the Secretary of the Interior, the BGN promulgates official geographic feature names with locative attributes as well as principles, policies, and procedures governing the use of domestic names, foreign names, Antarctic names, and undersea feature names."

"The original program of names standardization addressed the complex issues of domestic geographic feature names during the surge of exploration, mining, and settlement of western territories after the American Civil War. Inconsistencies and contradictions among many names, spellings, and applications became a serious problem to surveyors, map makers, and scientists who required uniform, non-conflicting geographic nomenclature. President Benjamin Harrison signed an Executive Order establishing the BGN and giving it authority to resolve unsettled geographic names questions. Decisions of the BGN were accepted as binding by all departments and agencies of the Federal Government."

https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

12. Now this means John Mellencamp has to change the song.... :)

?si=v-wAMXTZFwBtzFFG

[Omnipresent]

13. Most people call it, "The Gulf" so..

So i guess this was a priority among the dashboard punchers that listen to rightwing A.M. radio broadcasts?

[Rustynaerduwell]

14. There are 195 countries in the world.

194 will continue to call it The Gulf of Mexico.

[bluesbassman]

15. "It's official" is a matter of opinion.

As I do not accept the Trump regime as legitimate, nothing that comes out of it is “official” in my opinion.

[LaMouffette]

17. This is like the penny thing. And I can't believe that instead of getting rid of the penny he doesn't put his ugly face

on it instead of Lincoln's.

Oh, and Mount Rushmore! Will we see his bloated mug alongside the rest of them? Or will he demand that the new monument to Crazy Horse in South Dakota bear his stupid pumpkin head instead of Crazy Horse's? You know Kristi "Puppy Killer" Noem would be all in with THAT idea.

[GreenWave]

19. Since he has fake Trump dollars at Mierda lago...

maybe he wants paper pennies with his mug on them. Ca-ching. Grifting again.

[GreenWave]

18. Now nickname Fla the penis!

[SheltieLover]

20. Ridiculous! Freedom fries, anyone?

Distractions.

[groundloop]

21. How do we report incorrect map data to google?

I've done a quick search but haven't been successful yet, and don't really have the time to spend on it at the moment. Maybe someone can post this and we can flood google with complaints about the incorrect name.

FOUND IT:

Click on menu icon
Click on Edit the Map
Click on Your Opinions About Maps

[Alliepoo]

22. Might be "official" in maga US.

Never in the sane world, though.

[Emile]

23. Wikipedia still calling it the Gulf of Mexico

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico

[Gore1FL]

24. I plan to refer to it as the Gulf of Brawndo. nt

[peggysue2]

25. Not official for me

Anymore than the ridiculous Freedom Fries nonsense.

[4th]

26. Update

With my VPN server in Mexico, still as always.

Furthermore, still Gulf of Mexico in the Aviation Weather Center, which is a lot more "official" than Google Maps.

Analysis: Google is kissing Trump's ass.

[LeftInTX]

28. The USGS says it is officially changed and that there rest of the official US maps are in the process of being changed.

Google uses dynamic data, so is easy to change.

Flight Radar 24 shows Gulf of America
https://www.flightradar24.com/25.93,-89.87/7

[msfiddlestix]

27. It will always be regarded as The Gulf of Mexico . I do not give a flying F what that criminal psychotic proclaims

[LeftInTX]

29. President Sheinbaum of Mexico says the US only has the right to change the name 12 miles from the shore.

I wonder what happened with that? International Hydrographic Organization's official name is Gulf of Mexico.

[C_U_L8R]

30. That 'name change' will go over as well as Twitter's

So fucking stupid.

[W_HAMILTON]

31. "Yeah, that's gonna be a no from me, dawg."