All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

In his 1830 book about plans for exploring ... was mistaken for a UFO when it crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947—designed a map that instead focused on the world’s water.

The Mexican government has taken legal action against tech giant Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" on its Maps platform for users in the United States. The move has ...

Mexico is suing Google after it renamed the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" on its US Google Maps service. President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed the lawsuit, objecting to the name change ...

Fed up with Google’s insistence on labelling the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on Google Maps, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country has made good on threats to sue the ...

The dispute stems from an early-term Trump order to rebrand the body of water, a move that Google implemented on Maps by February 10. While the label remained “Gulf of Mexico” for users in ...

Mexico has followed through on its threat to sue Google after the tech giant switched to the name "Gulf of America" on its digital maps, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced at a Friday news ...