The Geographic Names Information System database changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America earlier this week. It came after President Donald Trump's executive order on his ...

Springdale’s geographic information system department, equipment assigns street names, addresses in city. December 20, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. by Laurinda Joenks ...

The body of water formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico has now been formally renamed in the Geographic Names Information System. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages ...

Once settled on, the names are listed in the official repository of geographic names used by the federal government. The system includes more than 2.5 million name records. More about ...

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a little known panel of federal experts, has been around for nearly 135 years.

While the Navy began phasing out its numbered system in the late 1980s, ending it completely by 1999 with only the Naval ...

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names will play a role. The little known panel made up of officials from several federal agencies has been in existence since 1890.