Google Maps officially implements Gulf of America name change, but only in the US

For U.S. Google Map users only, the body of water formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico will now appear as the Gulf of America when using the navigational service.

The change comes just several weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the gulf to be renamed and on Sunday declared February 9 was officially Gulf of America Day.

Following the order, Google stated that it has a longstanding practice of implementing name changes when done by official government sources.

In a statement Monday, Google announced that depending on a user’s location in the world the name for the gulf will be different.

“People using Maps in the U.S. will see “Gulf of America,” and people in Mexico will see “Gulf of Mexico,” the statement read. “Everyone else will see both names.”

For those outside the U.S. and Mexico, the map will show Gulf of America in parentheses under Gulf of Mexico.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum previously said she sent a letter to Google Mapsin opposition to implementing the name change.

“By the way, we are also going to ask for Mexican America to appear on the map,” Sheinbaum said.

But not all web mapping apps are embracing the name change.

Apple Maps has not renamed the Gulf of Mexico on the app resulting in a mix of positive and negative reactions from users, according to The Economic Times.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration released a notice about implementing the gulf’s name change on Monday.

“Please be advised that the FAA is in the process of updating our data and charts to show a name change from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and a name change from Denali to Mount McKinley,” the notice read.