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Recent headlines have drawn attention to naming conventions and mapping technology. But maps have always been political, experts say.

City lawmakers are leading the push to return Sand Island’s name to its Native Hawaiian name Mauliola, which means “breath of life ” or “power of healing.” Over 641 acres in size and ...

The resolution states, “Quarantine Island later became known by its present name, Sand Island, which is listed as the island’s official name on the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS ...

The federal government's Board on Geographic Names requires every federal agency to use a database called the Geographic Names Information System, which includes over a million named locations in ...

Google Maps users in the U.S. began seeing the name Gulf of America last week, after the U.S. Geographic Names Information System made official President Donald Trump's executive order to change ...

Google Maps announced Monday it had updated the name of the body of water to the Gulf of America for its U.S. users after the U.S. Geographic Names Information System made the change official.

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 ...

Apple has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its maps following an order by President Trump. This change, formalized by the U.S. Geographic Names Information System, aims to ...

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 change comes weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to officially change the gulf's name in the U.S. Geographic Names Information System. But it won't affect all users ...