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 and Mount Denali. As soon as "they have been updated in official government sources," Google said on the social media site X, it would change the names of these features to the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley.
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Like a number of other tech leaders, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai has been seeking to develop a closer relationship with Trump since his election. Pichai was among the tech leaders at Trump's inauguration last week, and he also met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago before he took office. Mar-a-Lago, by the way, is located on the Atlantic coast of Florida, which is opposite from the state's Gulf of Mexico shoreline.