Following President Donald Trump’s executive order, Google Maps has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America for users in the United States.

Users in Mexico will continue to see the body of water that spans the eastern coast of the country to the Florida panhandle labeled as the Gulf of Mexico.

Google Maps users in the rest of the world will see the original name with “Gulf of America” in parentheses.

In a press release about the change, Google said it follows the Geographic Names Information System, which is a U.S. database.

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