<![CDATA[Request for de-googling advice:]]>Request for de-googling advice:

I have thousands, maybe 10,000, locations saved in google maps. Mostly these are informal camping sites, not things that can be found by a web search

Is there a way I can transfer these to a different, friendlier, map service?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b7c92930-6111-4472-a358-a3e05261c210/request-for-de-googling-adviceRSS for NodeFri, 26 Jun 2026 04:03:53 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2026 02:55:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:50:14 GMT]]>@jfmezei

I won't mind too much if they don't have the labels anymore, as long as I don't have to go through thousands of individual items and delete the label markers in order to get the data to upload

It's late night here and I am tired and I don't even want to think about that possibility!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116792191522113074https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116792191522113074Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:50:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:49:04 GMT]]>@NilaJones If they are individual points, they are most likely waypoints (placemarks in Google language). The categories are likely not transferable because theya re akin to folders.

If you export to kmz , unzip it to KML and edit a file you will likely see each item begins with a <placemark> tag.

(image is an example placemark wlots of options including location of "camera" (the lookAt tag) when you view it from Google Earth).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116792186958812239https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116792186958812239Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:49:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:43:25 GMT]]>@NilaJones oh, i'm sorry then

good to hear someone provided the solution though

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/rnd/statuses/116792164742580970https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/rnd/statuses/116792164742580970Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:43:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:41:52 GMT]]>@NilaJones put them on openstreetmap?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauna.social/users/cos/statuses/116792158605936536https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauna.social/users/cos/statuses/116792158605936536Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:41:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:36:10 GMT]]>@NilaJones @jfmezei
I'm really grateful to see that.
Hoping that it'll work in open maps (almost certain it will) when I get onto that task later...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hcommons.social/users/pneumaculturist/statuses/116792136220598412https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hcommons.social/users/pneumaculturist/statuses/116792136220598412Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:36:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:32:55 GMT]]>@jfmezei

The locations I have are not GPS derived, and are not routes. I guess that means they are waypoints???

I created them by clicking each spot on the map, on my phone, when I was NOT at the location

Does that make sense? It's kind of hard to describe clearly!

Google allows these spots to be labeled with categories. I have maybe seven categories

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116792123415143213https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116792123415143213Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:32:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:31:25 GMT]]>@NilaJones I am from Garmin religion, so use Garmin Basecamp. You can load their proprietary maps ($). Or you can have openstreetmaps generate a file in Garmin's format that can be imported into basecamp. You can have your database of points, routes etc on your computer.

Garmin uses the "standard" GPX formats. But I think it can import/export Google's KML (KML , like arcgis use longtitude, latitude while rest of world uses standard latitude,longitude).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116792117538243368https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116792117538243368Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:31:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:28:59 GMT]]>@NilaJones
Waypoints: a specific point (latitude, long, possibly elevation, along with name, comment etc). EG: Google calls them "Placemarks")

Route: A set of waypoints between A and B (where A and B are waypoints)

Track: a set of lat/lon/elevation and time that were captured by a GPS during a trip. (linestring)

To understand the data you will be getting from Google:
https://developers.google.com/kml/documentation/kmlreference

geojson:
https://geojson.org/
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7946

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116792107988880189https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116792107988880189Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:28:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:26:14 GMT]]>@rnd

Yeah that's not the problem. The problem is what to do with the data after downloading it. But someone else had the solution!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116792097146610318https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116792097146610318Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:26:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:23:38 GMT]]>@jfmezei

Oh beautiful, that Babel app sounds exactly what I need! Thank you!

@pneumaculturist

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116792086931368256https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116792086931368256Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:23:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:16:07 GMT]]>@NilaJones If you have locations saved in Google (waypoints as opposed to routes or tracks),

Maps -> menu icon -> Your Data in Maps (opens in new page)
Donwload your Maps Data -> (opens in new page)

You can download "Maps (your places geojson ) and "My Maps" (kmz)

The app GPSBabel can convert from different formats and you can then import into whatever new service you have chosen. You can unzip KMZ into KML if this is what they accept.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116792057347616367https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116792057347616367Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:16:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:15:36 GMT]]>@NilaJones
I'd be interested co know this too...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hcommons.social/users/pneumaculturist/statuses/116792055358256789https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hcommons.social/users/pneumaculturist/statuses/116792055358256789Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:15:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:06:53 GMT]]>@NilaJones my guess is find some tool that exports the list of places into the GPX format, like this? https://www.takeout-tools.com/blog/google-maps-saved-places-to-gpx-guide

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/rnd/statuses/116792021071009965https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/rnd/statuses/116792021071009965Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:06:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:05:00 GMT]]>@NilaJones caltopo.com is a great mapping site.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/tsherrygeo/statuses/116792013646803451https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/tsherrygeo/statuses/116792013646803451Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:05:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:57:07 GMT]]>@jonben @NilaJones

It's possible to do custom OSM-based maps with Leaflet, which should work with most websites.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/juergen_hubert/statuses/116791982676054497https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/juergen_hubert/statuses/116791982676054497Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:57:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:56:09 GMT]]>@NilaJones

I dunno about exporting them, but as for a "kindlier map service" I recommend - I have been doing some interactive maps with it recently:

https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Main_Page
https://sunkencastles.com/german-folklore-map/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/juergen_hubert/statuses/116791978847674312https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/juergen_hubert/statuses/116791978847674312Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:56:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:53:27 GMT]]>@NilaJones I like caltopo a lot for anything outdoorsy, but it could get tedious with that many sites since you probably wouldn’t want to just dump them all on a single map. It’s also proprietary/non-free, in case that’s a factor.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://timeloop.cafe/users/RainbowStardiver/statuses/116791968236036484https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://timeloop.cafe/users/RainbowStardiver/statuses/116791968236036484Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:53:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:43:12 GMT]]>@NilaJones Maybe keep your Google account just for those and build a website to start telling people about those camp sites while also adding them to OSM? Don't know if OSM supports camp sites but I'd like to find out.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.spejset.org/users/jonben/statuses/116791927954901412https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.spejset.org/users/jonben/statuses/116791927954901412Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:43:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:25:36 GMT]]>@intrepidhero

Thank you!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116791858737215639https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116791858737215639Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:25:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:24:33 GMT]]>@NilaJones @elomatreb I've been playing with Comaps which uses OSM data (which is a thing you can upload to) and it looks pretty good. For my personal maps (with trails and secret camping spots) I use Caltopo, which accepts several different import formats. I've never tried exporting from Google though. Good luck!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116760547086237190/statuses/116791854582230510https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116760547086237190/statuses/116791854582230510Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:24:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:12:51 GMT]]>@NilaJones

OK, I looked this up and here's 3 I came up with. Hopefully one of these will help.

https://github.com/orgs/organicmaps/discussions/928

https://pindrop.it/help/data

https://help.mapotic.com/how-to-migrate-your-map-from-google-my-maps/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://socialbc.ca/ap/users/116631169340329247/statuses/116791808608717135https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://socialbc.ca/ap/users/116631169340329247/statuses/116791808608717135Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:12:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:06:00 GMT]]>@elomatreb

Yes. For me the harder part is knowing which different mapping program I can upload it to, and how to do that

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116791781647321435https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116791781647321435Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:06:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:40:07 GMT]]>@NilaJones You could try the data export feature ("Google Takeout"), it takes a bit but it *should* include saved places like this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/elomatreb/statuses/116791679904436473https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/elomatreb/statuses/116791679904436473Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:40:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for de-googling advice: on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:10:00 GMT]]>@d_rift

Thank you, and that is very encouraging! I would hate to lose all the info

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116791561477424556https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/116791561477424556Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:10:00 GMT