Is there a way to export my starred locations from Google Maps?

Question

I have a lot of locations starred in Google Maps. I'd like to export the list of them so that I can import them into other software, like Google Earth or map applications on my Android phone. Is there any way to do this?

If there's no official way, is there a workaround? Google Maps for Android can access the starred locations, so maybe there's a way to rip them out of that? Maybe some other software that can access it?

This is very similar, but I am asking about starred locations, they aren't in My Maps.

They recently changed it so that starred locations are listed along with other locations under "My Places", but I still don't see a way to export.

Answer 1

It's a bit hard, but a workaround that seems to do the trick:

1. Go to Google Maps - My places: http://maps.google.at/maps/myplaces

2. CREATE NEW MAP, name its title "Starred Items to export", set it to [x] Unlisted, Done

3. Click on My places again to get back to the places list, select Starred

4. For each starred item do the following:

   • Click on the starred item, the balloon on the map appears.
   • Click the balloon's "Save to map" link, select the map "Starred Items to export", then Save
     
     

5. Click on My places again to get back to the places list, select Maps

6. Click on the map "Starred items to export", click the KML link

7. Download the KML file. Done.

Answer 2

Google's Data Liberation Front site has info how to move your data in and out of Google products.

Check if this documentation on importing and exporting map data using KML can help you out.