“Denali” is the mountain’s preferred name for Alaska Natives. Former President Barack Obama ordered it changed in 2015 from ...

Google will amend the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps only when the US government officially updates its ...

The tech giant revealed the reasons behind the proposed changes on social media after receiving questions from users.

Trump's order said the new names would need to be reflected in the federal Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) run by ...

The company said that Maps will reflect any updates to the Geographic Names Information System, a database of more than 1 ...

GNIS stands for Geographic Names Information System. That would require the name change by Feb. 19. Gulf of America on Google Maps would be visible only in US The name change on Google Maps would ...

"For geographic features in the U.S., this is when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated," the company said. "When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the U.S. quickly to ...

"For geographic features in the U.S., this is when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated," the company said. "When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the U.S. quickly to ...

According to the order, the renaming process involves updating the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the official federal database of all U.S. geographic names, to reflect the change and ...

Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on ...

The changes will not take effect until the government updates those site listings in the Geographic Names Information System, an official database that includes descriptions and location ...