How to Get Coordinates from a Shared Google Maps List
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.
May 31, 2026
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You've got a shared Google Maps list, a maps.app.goo.gl/... link to someone's curated picks, and you need the actual coordinates. Not the place names, not a screenshot: real latitude and longitude for every pin, so you can drop them into a spreadsheet, plot them on your own map, load them onto a GPS device, or feed them into a script.
Google Maps shows you the places but never hands you the numbers. Reading coordinates off the map one pin at a time is slow and error-prone, and there's no "copy all coordinates" button anywhere in the interface. Here's the fast way to get clean lat/lng for the whole list, plus a manual method for when you only need one or two.
The Quick Way: Paste the Link
If the list has a shareable link, you can get coordinates for every place in about ten seconds.
- In Google Maps, open the list and tap Share → Copy link (or use the
maps.app.goo.gl/...link you were sent). - Open Takeout Tools, choose Paste a shared list, and drop the link in.
- Hit Generate.
Every place comes back with its coordinates already filled in, no geocoding step, no "couldn't find this address" gaps. You get a clean table you can sort, filter, and export.
What You Get
For each place in the list:
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| Name | Twelve Percent Beer Project |
| Address | 341 State St, North Haven, CT 06473 |
| Latitude | 41.3702238 |
| Longitude | -72.8833791 |
| Google Maps link | A link back to the exact place |
The latitude/longitude are precise point coordinates for each place, the same ones Google uses to drop the pin, so they line up exactly when you plot them elsewhere. Decimal degrees (WGS-84), which is what virtually every mapping tool, GPS unit, and spreadsheet expects.
Getting Coordinates for a Single Place by Hand
If you only need one or two, you don't need anything special:
- Open the place in Google Maps.
- On desktop: right-click the pin and the first row of the menu is the latitude and longitude, click it to copy.
- On mobile: tap and hold on the pin to drop a marker; the coordinates appear in the search bar at the top.
This is perfect for grabbing a single café's location. For a whole list, though, repeating it 40 times invites typos, which is exactly what the paste-the-link method avoids.
From Coordinates to a File
Coordinates in a table are useful, but you'll usually want them in a specific format:
- CSV / spreadsheet, for analysis, mail merge, or importing into another tool. See Google Maps to Excel or Google Sheets for a ready-made spreadsheet with columns for name, address, latitude, longitude, and the note.
- GPX, for Garmin units and offline navigation apps. See Google Maps to GPX.
- KML, for Google Earth and My Maps. Takeout Tools exports KML directly from the list.
- GeoJSON, for web maps and GIS tools like QGIS.
Takeout Tools exports all four directly from the extracted list, so you go from a shared link to a ready-to-use file without touching a spreadsheet formula.
Frequently Asked Questions
Free Tools
- KML to GPX Converter - Convert a KML export to GPX for navigation apps
- GeoJSON to GPX Converter - Convert GeoJSON to GPX
- GPX Validator - Check your GPX file before importing