The number of countries in the world does not change very often, but when it does, mapmakers (and their digital counterparts) ...

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Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali on its maps for users in the U.S. following President Trump's ...

But Mexico argues the U.S. cannot legally change the Gulf's name because the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ...

Google said the name changes, which also includes using Mount McKinley, will happen when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated.