The “West Philippine Sea” label, located west of the Philippines has disappeared from Google Maps. Despite the case, zooming ...

The “West Philippine Sea” label has disappeared from Google Maps after being visible for a couple of weeks. The label's ...

Scientists reveal new details about the 5.3-million-year-old flood, which triggered earthquakes, generated tropical-storm ...

What’s in a name? How much does changing the name of a body of water really matter? These are the questions that irked ...

MANILA, Philippines — Social media had been abuzz since Monday as netizens noticed that “West Philippine Sea” (WPS) was appearing prominently on Google Maps to mark the stretch of water west of the ...

MANILA, (PIA) — Google has increased the visibility of the label “West Philippine Sea” on its Maps platform, a change that has been warmly welcomed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), ...

Yet it is easy, only a few changes must be made. In 2009, one year before the soccer world cup in South Africa, the city of Cape Town launched the first edition of ‘Cape Town Green Map’, an online and ...

China is contesting the West Philippine Sea label that has recently become searchable in Google Maps. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian responds to Google Maps labelling the disputed ...

House Speaker Martin Romualdez hailed on Tuesday, April 15 what called the "simple yet powerful update" to Google Maps in order to reflect its recognition of the West Philippine Sea (WPS). House ...

MANILA (AFP): A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users -- the West Philippine Sea. The Philippine government ...

MANILA, Philippines — Google Maps and Google Earth currently display the "West Philippine Sea" on their digital maps. Users who search for the West Philippine Sea on Google Maps will find a ...

“The West Philippine Sea has always been labeled on Google Maps. We recently made this label easier to see at additional zoom levels,” the spokesperson said. It is unclear where the West ...