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I've put together a map in My Maps with a lot of pins. But I can't seem to access this in the latest version of Google Maps on Android. I Used to be able to go into my saved maps and access it from there, but can't find this option now.
My Maps app is no longer supported and doesn't show all maps, and when I save it to Google Drive and go to open it, I get an error saying it can't open the map.
Please help! I spent ages putting these pins in, but have no way to access on my phone. Or if you have any recommendations for similar apps let me know.
If you have created a Google My Maps map through the browser tools, you can just copy the link to your My Map and then pass it to the Google Map Application on the device.
Intent intent = new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW");
intent.setComponent(ComponentName.unflattenFromString("com.google.android.apps.maps/com.google.android.maps.MapsActivity"));
intent.addCategory(android.intent.category.LAUNCHER);
// replace string with your Google My Map URL
intent.setData("Your Google My Map URL HERE");
startActivity(intent);
I don't believe that the MapView API supports My Maps, so one path is to use the Google Map application if you want to view your data.
Or you could export it out of My Maps as KML and parse it yourself for your app, but then you are responsible for putting down all of the POI markers, etc.
Update 2011-04-13:
If you add on the parameter 'output=kml' to your Google My Maps link URL you can get the KML file of your map. KML is just an XML file containing all of the points of interest on that map along with lat/long and details. Once you parse the file, do what you want with the data.
Update 2015-05-20:
Looks like the new version of Google My Maps has KML import and export capabilities. You can export as a KML file or a network link to the KML file.
See: Google My Maps - Export a map
It's called the Google Maps Data API:
But - there was talk of deprecating it although this seems to be under discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-data-api/browse_thread/thread/98b695bbadfed1ee#
How do you guys keep track of locations when traveling?
I'm looking for an app that combines the navigation of google maps and the toggling + custom labels in google my maps. Makes it so much easier to see everything at a glance.
I could import my maps into google maps, but then adding new markers on the go would be extremely troublesome...
Hey all
I use Google MyMaps a fair bit to give me a visual guide for the locations of police stations in my state (odd I know)
My computer is currently broken but I'd like to add onto the map from my tablet
I know the MyMaps website is still around, but I find it a little finicky to use (apps was too but not quite as bad)
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks