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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
Information System.
The move follows Google, which announced last month that it
would make the change once the official listing was updated and
wrote in a blog post Sunday that it had begun rolling out the
change. In Google's case, the company said people in the U.S.
will see Gulf of America and people in Mexico will see Gulf of
Mexico. Everyone else will see both names.
After taking office, Trump ordered that the water bordered by
the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba be renamed.
The U.S. Geographic Names Information System officially updated
the name late Sunday. Microsoft has also made the name change on
its Bing maps.
The Associated Press, which provides news around the world to
multiple audiences, will refer to the Gulf of Mexico by its
original name, which it has carried for 400 years, while
acknowledging the name Gulf of America.
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