Maintaining accurate maps is a daunting task in a country where road names and addresses are not standardized.

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A sacred city in Sri Lanka holds an ancient carving believed to be the world's oldest map or an ancient stargate revealing the secrets of the Universe. Sakwala Chakraya is an ancient carving ...

Owego has been named one of seven Little-Known Towns in the Finger Lakes area by World Atlas. New York's Finger Lakes region is known for its magnificent lakes, hiking trails amidst unique ...

In a move to comply with US President Donald Trump's order, Google is set to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on Google Maps in the US. This comes after the Trump administration’s ...

Users will see both names on Google Maps in the rest of the world. Google Maps applies name changes when they have been updated in official government sources. AP “We have a long-standing ...

The new name will reportedly be visible to Google Maps users in America, but the name will remain "Gulf of Mexico" in Mexico. Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps ...

WASHINGTON - Google Maps will change the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the US Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Jan 27. The change ...

The change will be visible in the US, with both names appearing to Google Maps users outside of the country. In Mexico, it will remain the Gulf of Mexico. The US officially changed the name of the ...

John Feng is Newsweek's contributing editor for Asia based in Taichung ... are closing in on the key regional city of Toretsk as maps show the state of play along the front line.

transcript Hundreds of people were married during a mass wedding in Bangkok as Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. “It means the world to us and to ...

Last year, Google Maps on Android was revamped so that the main map view displayed information using sheets, and the entire app is now getting this visual redesign. Instead of place listings being ...