Map America by at least part of its European heritage (German Americans are the nation’s largest ethnic group, at about 46 million), and you get a patchy Midwest that looks more like this: ...

There've been similar maps built from phone call data. The idea here is to show America not as 50 states, but as regions where people do stuff together. In other words, a "Whom Do You Hang With?" map.

America. In 1507, Martin Waldesmüller became the first cartographer to draw a map in which America was a free-floating entity—truly a new continent.

Apple maps and Bing Maps have also changed the name to Gulf of America on their apps. Here's what to know about the recent switch and the names some people have given it using a new site by MapQuest.