As President Donald Trump's whims reverberate across the world, one particular Chicago group — globe and mapmakers — rise to meet the challenge.

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One of US president Donald Trump’s first actions upon returning to power was ordering the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed. But ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the ...

Google Maps will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley to Mount Denali following President ...

Google has said it will restore the name Mount McKinley to North America's highest peak and rename the Gulf of Mexico to the ...

The company said it would stick to “longstanding practice” of showing the local official name for a geographical areas when ...

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a little known panel of federal experts, has been around for nearly 135 years.

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek began his continent-spanning walk in Ethiopia in January 2013. Since then, his Out ...

Bourque, who is retired from working for the state in information technology and is now president of Historic Altamont Inc., ...

President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will ...

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