How to Export a Google Maps List Someone Else Shared With You
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.
May 31, 2026
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A friend sends you a maps.app.goo.gl/... link, their curated restaurant list, a city guide they put together, or a trip itinerary with 40 pinned places. You open it in Google Maps, you can see all the places, and naturally you want to export it: maybe to GPX for an offline navigation app, or to CSV so you can add notes in a spreadsheet.
For a long time this hit a wall. Google Takeout doesn't pick up someone else's list, there's no "Export" button on it, and most guides assume you're exporting your own saved places. That's changed. If the list is publicly shared, which the vast majority of maps.app.goo.gl links are, you can now paste the link and pull out every place, with coordinates, in a single step. This guide covers that fast path first, then the manual fallbacks for the rare cases it doesn't apply.
The Fast Way: Paste the List Link
If you have a shareable link to the list, this takes about ten seconds and works regardless of who owns it.
- In Google Maps, open the list and tap Share → Copy link (or just copy the
maps.app.goo.gl/...URL someone sent you). - Open Takeout Tools, switch to Paste a shared list, and drop the link in.
- Hit Generate. Every place in the list comes back with its name, full address, exact latitude/longitude, and the author's note.
- Filter or trim the rows, then export to CSV, GPX, KML, or GeoJSON.
No Google Takeout, no saving places one at a time, no decoding URLs by hand. It works on lists you don't own, because a publicly shared list is, by definition, readable by anyone with the link.
Here's what you get for each place:
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| Name | Scratch Baking Co |
| Address | 416 Preble St, South Portland, ME 04106 |
| Latitude | 43.6393962 |
| Longitude | -70.2306564 |
| Note | 🍰 / 🍞 (the author's note, preserved) |
| Google Maps link | A direct link back to that exact place |
Because the coordinates come straight from Google's own data for the list, there's no separate geocoding step and no "couldn't find this place" gaps, every pin you can see in the list comes through.
Public vs. private: This works for lists shared via a public link. A list shared privately with specific Google accounts (and never given a public link) isn't readable from the link alone. For those, use the manual fallbacks below or ask the owner for a shareable link.
Why Google Takeout Doesn't Work Here
It's worth understanding why Takeout leaves you stuck, because it explains when the fast path applies.
Google Takeout exports data from your Google account. When you request a Takeout of your "Saved" data, it exports the lists tied to your profile, the ones under "Saved" in Google Maps.
A list someone else shared with you is still owned by their account. Even if you can view it, follow it, and see it update, it never becomes your data in the Takeout sense. Takeout is scoped strictly to your account, so there's no way to point it at another user's list. That's by design: the shared list is a read-only view into another person's data.
The paste-the-link method above sidesteps this entirely: instead of going through your account, it works straight from the public list link.
Manual Fallbacks
For a private list, or if you'd rather not use a tool, these still work.
Save each place to your own account first
The classic approach for small lists:
- Open the shared list in Google Maps.
- Tap each place and hit Save, adding it to one of your own lists.
- Once they're all saved, run a Google Takeout export selecting only "Saved."
- Upload the resulting CSV to Takeout Tools to add coordinates and convert.
When to use it: Lists of ~20 places or fewer. It's tedious: 80 places means 80 manual saves, and the Takeout CSV won't include the original owner's notes, only the place name and URL. (The paste-the-link method keeps the notes.)
Open in Google My Maps and export KML
This works only if the shared content is actually a Google My Maps map rather than a standard Maps list, two different things.
- A standard list is shared via
maps.app.goo.gl/...and appears under "Saved." - A My Maps map is created at mymaps.google.com and appears under "Your places → Maps."
If it's a My Maps map you own (or have edit access to), open it, click the three-dot menu (⋮) next to the title, and choose Export to KML/KMZ. If it was shared view-only, star it first, find it under "Shared with me" at mymaps.google.com, then Download KML. From there, the KML to GPX converter gets you a navigation-ready file.
Manual copy for tiny lists
For a "5 best coffee shops in Lisbon" list, it can be quickest to just open each place, note the name, and grab coordinates from the share link or the URL. Practical for a handful of places; not realistic beyond that.
What If You Own the List?
If the list is yours and you're logged into that account, Google Takeout works as expected, export your "Saved" data and upload the CSV. But honestly, even for your own lists, pasting the share link is usually faster and keeps your notes intact. See the complete Google Maps export guide for the Takeout route.
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 is valid before importing