Boulder, Colo. – The last definitive geologic map of North America was published before the theory of plate tectonics was widely accepted, back in the days when impact craters were known simply as ...

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

April 23 (UPI) --For the first time, scientists have produced a comprehensive map of the tectonic stresses acting on the North American continent. In the short term, the map of North American faults - ...

President Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. The federal government and military are already embracing the order, and Google Maps indicated it would also ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. This map depicts all of the subway systems in North America as ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

Google Maps now shows the “Gulf of America” in place of the “Gulf of Mexico” for users on both web and mobile in the United States. It made the change after the Trump administration formally changed ...

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday she sent a letter to Google opposing a decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps. On Monday, Google announced on ...