Trump's order said the new names would need to be reflected in the federal Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) run by the U.S. Geological Survey, which operates under the Department of the ...

The name change will occur once the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated, Google explained on X/Twitter. When the name change takes effect, people in the US will see the updated ...

US users of Google Maps will now see “Gulf of America” instead of “Gulf of Mexico" on the platform following an official change by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) due to ...

The company said it would update Maps in the US after the Geographic Names Information System made the changes. The GNIS, a database of more than 2 million physical and cultural features ...

Google flagged its intention to make the change in a post on X last month, explaining that it uses the designations of the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), a database run by the US ...