Google Maps in the US will change to Gulf of America and Mount McKinley

Google said coming that it plans to update Google Maps to bespeak President Trump’s January 20th executive order to alteration the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali to the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley, respectively.

The institution noted connected X the updated nomenclature will look erstwhile the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated.

“We person a longstanding believe of applying sanction changes erstwhile they person been updated successful charismatic authorities sources,” the institution posted connected X. It added that erstwhile “name changes alteration betwixt countries, Maps users spot their charismatic section name. Everyone successful the remainder of the world sees some names. That applies present too.”

Denali was named Mount McKinley until 2015.

The US Department of the Interior said past week it plans to travel the executive bid to instrumentality the sanction changes.

“The U.S. Board connected Geographic Names, nether the purview of the Department of the Interior, is moving expeditiously to update the charismatic national nomenclature successful the Geographic Names Information System to bespeak these changes, effective instantly for national use,” the Department of the Interior said connected Friday.

An Apple spokesperson wasn’t instantly disposable to remark connected its plans for Apple Maps.