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Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too.

Users will see both names on Google Maps in the rest of the world. Google Maps applies name changes when they have been updated in official government sources. AP “We have a long-standing ...

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"Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name," Google said. "Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies ...

The new name will reportedly be visible to Google Maps users in America, but the name will remain "Gulf of Mexico" in Mexico. Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps ...

On Monday, Google said it would update its maps to display Gulf of America as ... Users elsewhere in the world will see both names side by side, the company said in what it described as a ...

Google said it has a “longstanding policy” that when official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name and everyone in the rest of the world sees both names.

The change will be visible in the US, with both names appearing to Google Maps users outside of the country. In Mexico, it will remain the Gulf of Mexico. The US officially changed the name of the ...

This means U.S. Google Maps users will see the name “Gulf of America,” while users from Mexico will see the “Gulf of Mexico.” Users from the rest of the world will see both names appear on ...

It added that when “name changes vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too.” Denali was named ...