Google My Maps

A web tool for making custom maps with pins, shapes, routes and layers you can share.

FreeProprietaryWeb
Official websitegoogle.com

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About Google My Maps

Google My Maps lets you build your own maps by adding points and drawing shapes, searching for places to save, or importing data from spreadsheets. Places can have custom icons, colors, photos and videos.

Maps can be shared with others for viewing or editing, published publicly, or embedded in a website. They are stored in Google Drive and appear in Google Maps on a phone under Your Places. It suits trip planning, event maps and small mapping projects without GIS software.

Strengths

  • Import places from spreadsheets
  • Collaborative editing and public publishing
  • Maps embed in websites and open in Google Maps on mobile

Limitations

  • Requires a Google account and stores maps in Google Drive
  • Limited analysis compared with GIS software

Details

Pricing
FreeFree with a Google account.
License
Proprietary
Developer
Google
Platforms
Web
How it runs
Web application
Account
Required
Works offline
No
Best suited for
Making and sharing a custom map for a trip or event
Last verified
Added
Provenance
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  • uMap

    An open-source web tool for creating custom maps on OpenStreetMap layers and embedding them in websites.

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    uMap is open source and self-hostable, with no Google account required, though it is limited to OpenStreetMap-style background layers.

  • Felt

    A collaborative web mapping and GIS tool for making maps, apps and dashboards from uploaded data.

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    Felt adds drag-and-drop import, automatic geocoding and real-time collaboration, but is a proprietary cloud service with advanced features in paid organisation plans.

  • geojson.io

    A web tool for drawing, editing and converting GeoJSON map data in the browser.

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    geojson.io draws and edits map features in the browser without an account and converts between formats, but lacks collaborative editing and publishing.

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