GNIS stands for Geographic Names Information System. The Department of Interior beat the Feb. 19 deadline by 10 days. Gulf of ...

GNIS stands for Geographic Names Information System. The Department of Interior beat the Feb. 19 deadline by 10 days. Gulf of ...

This comes after the U.S. Geographic Names Information System updated the Gulf of America name earlier this month. Microsoft ...

it's now effective across all the federal government because it has been changed in the centralized Geographic Names Information System. Google also has updated its maps. Apple did not reply to a ...

GNIS stands for Geographic Names Information System. That would require the name change by Feb. 19. "We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official ...

The Geographic Names Information System, which is under the United States Geological Survey, provides the names used in Google Maps. This change has faced opposition from Mexican officials ...

Google made the change starting Monday. It followed an updated site listing for the Gulf in the Geographic Names Information System, a government database run by the Interior Department that ...

Google Maps users in the U.S. will now see “Gulf of America” displayed over the body of water that was once labeled the “Gulf of Mexico.” Users in Mexico will still see the name “Gulf of ...

Google made the change starting Monday. It followed an updated site listing for the Gulf in the Geographic Names Information System, a government database run by the Interior Department that ...

Apple did not immediately return USA TODAY’s request for comment Tuesday. The Geographic Names Information System, which is under the U.S. Geological Survey, provides the names used in both ...

UPDATE 2/11: Google and Apple have officially renamed the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America" on their respective Maps apps after the Geographic Names Information System updated the name on its ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its maps Tuesday after an order by President Donald Trump was made official by the U.S. Geographic Names ...