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Trump’s geographic renaming plans leave mapmakers pondering what to do next

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There’s no agreed-upon scheme to name boundaries and features across the Earth .

President Donald Trump ordered the Gulf of America to be renamed after four centuries .

Mexico 's president says the Gulf will continue to be called " Gulf of America " for all of its 3,700-mile coastline.

China sees Taiwan as its own territory and Arab countries call Palestine .

AP will use the name Mount McKinley instead of Denali .

The area lies solely in the United States and as president, Trump has the authority to change federal geographical names.

In 2017 , New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge was renamed for the late Gov. Mario Cuomo to great controversy.

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