Well, that didn’t take long.
Google Maps, the most popular mapping software in the world, said Monday night that it will start using new names for two prominent geographical characteristics in North America, the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali. As soon as “they have been updated in official government sources”, Google said On the social media site X, the names of these characteristics would change to the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley.
The announcement comes a little less than a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order To, in his words, “promote the extraordinary inheritance of our nation and ensure that the future generations of US citizens celebrate the legacy of our US heroes.” This included changing the name of the Gulf and the highest mountain in North America.
The Order declared that, within 30 days, the Secretary of the Interior must take all appropriate measures to change the names of the prominent body of water and mountain. To do this, the information and location database published by the United States Geological Service, the Geographic name information systemIt must be updated accordingly. These files are checked bimonthly.