The Geographic Names Information System database changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America earlier this week. It came after President Donald Trump's executive order on his ...

Once settled on, the names are listed in the official repository of geographic names used by the federal government. The system includes more than 2.5 million name records.

While some U.S agencies immediately began using the new name upon Trump's order Jan. 20, it's now effective across all the federal government because it has been changed in the centralized ...

Clayton Sedberry, the city's geographic information system manager, said he has had the job of approving street names and assigning addresses since he started working for the city in 2002.

Once settled on, the names are listed in the official repository of geographic names used by the federal government. The system includes more than 2.5 million name records.

The Geographic Names Information System database changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America earlier this week. It came after President Donald Trump's executive order on his ...

The U.S. Geographic Names Information System officially updated the name to the Gulf of America late Sunday, according to The Associated Press. Google Maps and Bing Maps have also renamed the gulf ...

The Geographic Names Information System has updated the Gulf of Mexico's name to Gulf of America. So, Google Maps has applied the new name for users in the US.