Gulf of America and Mount McKinley

[J_R_Matchett]

Does anyone know if and when Esri plans to update its ArcGIS Online basemaps to be in compliance with Donald Trump's Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness executive order?

[BernSzukalski]

I'm expecting that the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) will, as a result of executive order, make changes to the official U.S. naming conventions. Google has already announced that they will make changes when those GNIS changes officially occur.

Living Atlas basemaps and place name locators have always been based upon and have followed the official U.S. government conventions. Expect any changes to happen after the official government changes happen. Note that localized name changes depending on your country of origin may apply.

[gyetman]

Hi, 

Is there an ETA for the basemap updates now that the GNIS has been updated (as of Feb. 11 from what I've read)? We don't want to make changes as you described for vector maps as you describe below in all of our viewers if the basemaps are about to be updated. Thanks for the info on the vector map workaround though, very useful. 

Greg

[BernSzukalski]

I would expect updates to basemaps to reflect new official naming conventions in vector tile basemaps to happen within the next couple of weeks.

For Mount McKinley, the updated name will be across all vector basemaps since it is entirely within the U.S. boundary.

For "Gulf of America," Gulf of Mexico will continue to be seen in global and regional vector basemap styles, a new US vector basemap style will be added and adopt the new name.

Legacy raster tile basemaps will not be updated.

Users can also use the Vector Tile Style Editor to make custom basemaps for use within their organization.

[DavidJohnson10]

Never, I hope. And if it does, I hope we can edit it out on our personal maps.

[BernSzukalski]

Changing Labels in Esri Vector Basemaps

[DavidJohnson10]

Thanks! Just because we produce a map here in the US doesn’t mean.its for a US audience! 
the “Arabian” or “Persian” gulf pose the same issue. We need to be able to aim for our audiences

[AmandaDeMedeiros]

Ensure to set your regional settings to display the boundaries and place names that are specific to your region.

For Example:

1. Log in as an administrator for your organization in ArcGIS Online. 
2. At the top of the site, click Organization and then click the Settings tab.
3. In the General Settings, scroll down to “Organizational defaults” and ensure that “Your Region” is selected as the Region.