The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America for Google Maps users in the United States, keeping with the terms of ...
Google said the name changes, which also includes using Mount McKinley, will happen when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated.
8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and ...