Someone renamed Donald Trump's midtown Manhattan home on Google Maps, and the new moniker was not very flattering.

Instead of Trump Tower, the 58-storey skyscraper was rebranded "Dump Tower.", the Sunday Telegraph reported.

As users of the mapping service began noticing the new name for the Fifth Avenue building on Saturday, news spread quickly on social media. 
Mr Trump has been using Trump Tower, which has been the focus of protests after the Republican won the election earlier this month, as his transition headquarters.

It has also been suggested that the billionaire may buck tradition and eschew the lure of the White House and spend much of his time as president at his $100 million (£80 million) penthouse in New York.

Mr Trump, the president-elect, has not yet commented on it. It is not the first time people have changed the names of places in Google Maps.

In March last year, towns and cities in Spain were renamed after their former incarnations as Islamic kingdoms almost a thousand years ago.

The internet giant encourages users to moderate incorrect material and has a policy of barring accounts that are found to have acted maliciously or supply wrong information three times.

In August, it faced accusations that it had deleted Palestine from its Maps facility, prompting the internet giant to explain that the country "has never been" on the service.

Source: MENA