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

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

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

Google says it will update the names of Denali and the Gulf of Mexico in Google Maps to reflect the executive order by ...

"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 ...

Google announced that it will adhere to official U.S. government designations when updating the names of geographic features ...

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 ...