Insights, tutorials, and updates from the Takeout Tools team
The quickest route is to paste your My Maps link into the app and export a spreadsheet, which works for maps that are public or shared by link. If your map is private you export it as KML, then convert that KML to CSV for Excel or Google Sheets. Guide covers both routes, the columns you get, and the limits to know.
You saved the places, now put them in order. Turn a Google Maps list into a visiting order with directions links, Waze links and a printable run sheet.
Build a list of freehold pubs by region, with addresses, postcodes and coordinates. Freehold ownership is the strongest open signal a pub buys on the open market. Export the list to a spreadsheet.
Turn Google Maps prospect research into a practical sales territory spreadsheet with names, addresses, coordinates, owners, priorities, and next actions.
Move Google Maps prospect research into SPOTIO with a clean, geocoded CSV. Prepare names, addresses, coordinates, territories, and notes before import.
Prepare Google Maps prospect lists for Salesforce by converting saved places into a clean CSV with addresses, coordinates, territories, and owner fields.
Convert Google Maps saved places into a HubSpot-ready CSV for company imports, territory planning, account clean-up, and field-sales follow-up workflows.
Outgrowing Google Maps for sales routes? Here's how to get your saved pins out of Google Maps as a clean, geocoded CSV that imports straight into Badger Maps, so Badger can do the routing.
Turn your Google Maps saved places, or a list someone shared with you, into an Excel spreadsheet with names, addresses, and coordinates. Step-by-step, including how to open the CSV cleanly in Excel.
Want a Google Maps list in Google Sheets, to sort, plan a trip, or share with friends? Here's how to turn your saved places or a shared list into a Sheet with addresses and coordinates.
Got a shared Google Maps list and want it as GPX, KML, or CSV? You can now paste the link and extract every place with coordinates in one step, here's how, plus manual fallbacks.
Need the latitude and longitude for every place in a shared Google Maps list? Paste the link and get clean lat/lng for all of them at once, here's how, plus the manual method for one-off places.
Found a great Google Maps list with dozens or hundreds of places? Paste the link and pull out every one with its name, address, coordinates and notes, then export to CSV, GPX, KML, or GeoJSON.
Google Takeout produces two completely different file types for your saved places depending on which option you select. This guide explains the difference, what each file contains, and which one to use for your destination app.
A definitive reference for what data Google Takeout actually exports from your saved places, and what's missing. Covers coordinates, dates, ratings, photos, and the zero-coordinate bug.
A step-by-step guide for GIS professionals and spatial analysts who want to import Google Maps saved places into QGIS as a proper vector layer with coordinates, attributes, and styling.
Your places imported without names and now show as Waypoint 001, Waypoint 002. Here are the three causes and exact fixes for OsmAnd, Organic Maps, and other apps.
Introducing our free browser-based tools for converting between GPX, KML, GeoJSON, and CSV formats, and validating geo files for errors. No signup, no uploads.
We've removed the 50-row processing cap. Takeout Tools now automatically chunks large files so you can process all your saved places in one go.
Import your Google Maps saved places into Maps.me for offline travel navigation. Step-by-step guide for KML bookmarks import.
Import your Google Maps saved places into Locus Map for hiking and outdoor navigation. Step-by-step GPX import guide for Android.
Import your Google Maps saved places into Apple Maps on iPhone and Mac. Step-by-step guide for switching from Google to Apple ecosystem.
You export your Google My Maps as KML, then convert it to CSV, GPX or GeoJSON. Full guide to the export menu, layers, KML versus KMZ, and converting to every format.
Import your Google Maps saved places into Waze for driving navigation. Step-by-step guide for transferring favorites between Google apps.
Export Google Maps saved places to KML for Google Earth and My Maps. Step-by-step guide to convert your starred places and lists with coordinates.
Transfer your Google Maps saved places to GPX for Garmin, OsmAnd and hiking apps. Step-by-step guide to export places with coordinates for offline GPS navigation.
Export Google Maps starred and favorite places with coordinates. Step-by-step guide for saving your favorites to GPX, KML, and CSV for GPS devices and apps.
Export a Google Maps list with coordinates for spreadsheets and GPS devices. Step-by-step guide to convert your custom lists to CSV, KML and GPX.
Import your Google Maps saved places into HERE WeGo for offline navigation. Step-by-step guide for GPX export and import.
Import your Google Maps saved trailheads and hiking spots into AllTrails. Step-by-step guide for GPX export and import.
Transfer your Google Maps saved places to Gaia GPS for hiking and backcountry navigation. Step-by-step guide with GPX export instructions.
Why geocoding fails for some places and how to fix missing coordinates. Troubleshoot errors when exporting Google Maps.
We tested 7 offline map apps including OsmAnd, Organic Maps and HERE WeGo to find the best free pick for hiking, driving and travel abroad.
Transfer Google Maps saved places to Garmin GPS devices. Step-by-step guide for importing waypoints to Garmin units.
Fix Google Takeout export failures with step-by-step solutions. Troubleshoot stuck exports, missing data, download errors, and incomplete archives.
Compare KML, GPX, and GeoJSON formats for location data. Learn which format works best for Google Earth, GPS devices, web maps, and more.
Understand how Takeout Tools automatically saves your processed places, how caching prevents duplicate processing, and how to export from your history across multiple sessions.
A step-by-step guide to using Takeout Tools, from exporting your Google Maps saved places via Google Takeout to processing and exporting with coordinates in GPX, KML, GeoJSON, or CSV format.
Learn how to export your Google Maps saved places and import them into Organic Maps with step-by-step instructions, including solutions for the geocoding challenge.
Learn how to export your Google Maps saved places and import them into OsmAnd with step-by-step instructions, including solutions for the geocoding challenge.
Learn how to export your Google Maps saved places as GeoJSON with step-by-step instructions, including solutions for the geocoding challenge.
Learn how to export Google Maps places with coordinates (latitude/longitude) for spreadsheets and data analysis. Complete guide for adding missing coordinates to your Google Takeout exports.
How to export your Google Maps saved places with coordinates. Solve the missing-coordinates problem and convert to GPX, KML, GeoJSON and CSV.