USGS Map Mayhem: 'Gulf Of America' Renaming Causes Glitches, UK Split In Half
Several social media users reported glitches in United States Geological Survey (USGS) maps following an update that renamed ...
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Strabo: The Ancient Greek Geographer Who Mapped the World
Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...
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Mapmaking in the mind: How the brain builds mental maps of the world
Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.
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The 'Gulf of America' renaming is official — at least within the U.S.
On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order to rename what was known for more than 400 years as the ...
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Ukraine’s Daunting Choice: Trading Its Land and People for Future Security
Wars are almost always about land. Ukraine’s determined and heroic defense of its sovereign territory against horrific ...
From Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, New Amsterdam to New York: The politics behind name changes
Geographical name changes can be a result of a shift in regimes, indigenous movements, decolonisation, or political factors.
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Marinus of Tyre, the First Geographer to Include China in Roman Maps and Invent the Term “Antarctic”
At a time when knowledge of the world was fragmented and based on travelers’ and merchants’ accounts, one man set out to ...
Google Maps users review bomb 'Gulf of America' name change
Google Maps changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for United States users, and social media posters launched a ...
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The complicated business of changing digital map names and boundaries
Google says it will comply with President Trump's order to change the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America," on Google ...
Who will call it the Gulf of America? A look at this and other naming disputes
Google Maps now labels the Gulf of America for U.S. users, and the Gulf of Mexico for those in Mexico. This isn't the first ...
Is it 'Gulf of Mexico' or 'Gulf of America'? Depends if you use Google Maps or Apple Maps
Under Trump's executive order, Google Maps has adopted "Gulf of America." Apple Maps is drawing mixed reactions for sticking ...
Trump on Gaza: U.S. ownership, no Palestinian right of return. See updated damage maps.
President Donald Trump said Palestinians will not have the right to return to their homes in the Gaza Strip under his proposal for U.S. ownership of the territory in a Fox News interview, describing ...