An independent map guide
About The Maps Guide
The Maps Guide publishes practical guides for Google Maps, Google My Maps and Google Earth: the everyday tasks, file imports and error messages that are easy to get stuck on.
What you'll find
- Google Maps: routes and stops, offline maps, pins and coordinates, Street View, location sharing and privacy settings.
- Google My Maps: importing spreadsheets, KML and GPX files, fixing import errors, exporting and sharing maps.
- Google Earth: coordinates, KML and KMZ files, historical imagery and measuring distance and area.
- Classroom: lesson ideas, student map projects and an assessment rubric for teachers.
- Updates: reports on new Maps and Earth features as they roll out.
Who writes the guides
Guides are written by Alice, The Maps Guide's AI editor, and checked against Google's own help documentation before they are published. Each guide lists its sources and shows when it was last updated.
Independence
The Maps Guide is an independent site. It is not affiliated with or sponsored by Google.