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Google My Maps is a feature of Google Maps (from April 2007) that enables users to quickly and easily create custom maps for personal use or sharing through search.

Google My Maps is a feature of Google Maps (from April 2007) that enables users to create custom maps for personal use or sharing through search. My Maps empowers users to create content-rich maps that are relevant to their interests, expertise, or personal needs. Users can add points, lines, and shapes on top of Google Maps, using a WYSIWYG editor. User can also have layers and customize the items in each layer with uniform styles and having labels for the name or description. There are many different objects user can have as his points, such as the town point, train point, bus point, hospital point etc. Also user can the colour of anything and change the thickness as well.

With My Maps users can:

  • Mark locations on a map from a library of icons
  • Draw lines and shapes to highlight paths and areas
  • Add text, photos, or YouTube/Google Videos to a map
  • Add HTML for further personalization
  • View their maps in Google Earth

Links

Wiki My Maps Help Center

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Customize panel inside google My Maps named #featurecardPanel

I need your support for a particular question. I developed a custom map with google MyMaps and I inserted the related code on my site. Unfortunately the map shows a sort of black band at the top, which I don't like and which I managed to eliminate…
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Open Google MyMaps, with specifics

I have both a standard Google Map, and Google MyMap working within a portal in FileMaker ... but the My Map is not working quite the way I want. I simply want a URL that I can specify any / all of these parameters: My Map ID Addr to center on…
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Embed a map generated with mymaps

I need to embed a map generated with mymaps in a site that will have many views. Is it necessary to have an API to be able to share the map without visualization limits?
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Using a KML file to display thumbnail & full size pictures in My Maps

I'm afraid my original post was not very clear, so I've rewritten my question. My basic question is how to modify a KML file to best display (in Google My Maps) two or more photos taken at a particular location. No matter what I do to the KML file…
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Why won't KML track/layers appear in Google maps when opened from link or embedded?

I have created several maps containing trails for a mountain in Google myMaps. The map has been shared and embedded in a HTML on my webpage. What I want: Is to create a button on my webpage that opens the map in Google maps, or, embed the map in a…
Hakon
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KML Points Can't Display on Android Google Map

I've written a .kml file that includes some points and lines, and when imported to Google My Maps, everything is displayed. However, when viewed in Google Map on my Android device (Select from Google Maps - More settings - Your Places - Maps),…
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503. That’s an error. There was an error. Please try again later. That’s all we know

I'm using google mymaps. I have about 10 layers which represent about 12000 features. Google says it can handle 10 layers and about 20000 features... Sometimes the map is displaying or I'm getting this error: 503. That’s an error. There was an…
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How can I centre a map on a location in iframe embedd

How can I centre a map created in Google MyMap when using an iframe embedd? I have followed the instructions in this answer set the center of a embedded map (google map) to a specific location but there must be something I am doing wrong because…
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Download file from direct download link and save to server - PHP

I use Google's My maps. The problem is that Google makes many restrictions in using their API, which makes it hard to insert or retrieve data from the map automatically. I have a direct download link to this map file which downloads the KML file to…
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How to limit controls in Google MyMaps iFrame

I am trying to embed a Google MyMaps iFrame into a website. To keep things simpler for the website users, I want to disable the selection of custom features (polygons) in the MyMap. I played around with different options, in the snippet below I…
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When I export Google My Maps to KML (or KMZ) it doesn't include value

I want to export the data from My Maps to a KML file to use elsewhere, however, it is missing the Point data I need for the PlaceMarker. It seems like there should be a way to include this, because clicking on a point shows the Latitude and…
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Reverse Geocode Locations in Google My Maps (Custom Map Locations to Street Addesses)

I have a custom map in Google's "My Maps" with a list of locations. What is the easiest way to reverse geocode these to the street addresses? i.e. I would like to export the data as a list of locations + the associated addresses. The CSV export…
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Generate kml with address and not with point

I am trying to generate a KML file, I am attaching 2 examples, all right if I use the POINT tag but if I replace it with the ADDRESS tag I lose the styles and the folder when I upload the file to My Maps or Google Earth ... I am wrong the formatting…
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How to create a URL that modifies a particular cell in Google Sheets?

I have a google sheet where I have information about places. I used that sheet to populate a map on Google My Maps. I want to insert (create) a URL for every point of the map so when I clic on it the information in the sheet gets updated (for…
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How to show one place as active when embedding google maps?

I built a map for our website. There are different pages where we want to show a different places. Therefore i build this one map with all the needed places within. When i embed the card, it shows the summary of all pins in this map. Is there a way,…
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