THE United States Geographic Board has published a “First Report on Foreign Geographical ... from that used by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use.

"We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources. For geographic features in the U.S., this is when Geographic Names Information ...

Trump’s order said the new names would need to be reflected in the federal Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) run by the U.S. Geological Survey, part of the Interior Department.

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 ...

Google said on Monday that it will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” in Google Maps once it is updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System. Google Maps will also ...

It's official. Sort of. Google Maps posted on X it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System. The same day he ...

Google Maps, the most popular mapping software in the world, said on Monday evening that it will begin using new names for two prominent geographical features in North America, the Gulf of Mexico ...

The U.S. Board on Geographic ... place names beyond U.S. borders. The members are appointed for two-year terms by the respective heads of the agencies they represent. The committee that deals ...

The committee that deals with names on U.S. soil meets monthly. The board is quite aware of the importance of a name, noting in its guiding principles, policies and procedures that the names of ...

The government has set up a search committee under Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to shortlist names for the appointment of the next chief election commissioner, sources said on Monday ...