The Gulf of Mexico and Denali mountain are having their names changed by the US government. Here's why that matters to locals ...

Mexico says it’s awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of ...

Lasers shot from an aircraft have revealed the remains of a 600-year-old Zapotec city in southern Mexico, a new study finds.

Several social media users reported glitches in United States Geological Survey (USGS) maps following an update that renamed ...

Back then, it was a regional list, conceived as an objective way to determine which mountains in the Indonesian archipelago would probably be worth attempting to hike at weekends. We developed the ...

Apple Maps has emerged in the spotlight. Apple Sticks With ‘Gulf of Mexico’ name; Netizens Ask - 'Who's Winning?' ...

The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America for Google Maps users in the United States, keeping with the terms of ...

The nation's tallest peak, which Trump ordered be renamed Mount McKinley, has not yet been changed in federal databases and is still Denali on Google Maps.

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week requiring the federal government to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on official maps, a move that could take ...

The island is requiring height verification before trimming dune vegetation after multiple hurricanes and tropical storms in ...