Google Maps: Export route - how it works

If you want to export a route from Google Maps to a navigation or GPS device, this can be done in a detour, but in just a few steps. We'll show you how it's done.

Step 1: Export route to Google Maps

1. First, log in to Google with your account. Otherwise, you will need to create a free Google account beforehand.
2. Then open the Google My Maps website and click on the "Create new map" button above.
3. Here you can insert start, finish, stopovers and other waypoints.
4. Then click on the button with the three dots at the top and select the "Export to KML" option.
5. Via the "Download" button, the route from Google Maps is saved on your computer.

Step 2: convert route from Google Maps

• The downloaded route is in KML format. However, many devices cannot do anything with it.
• On the GPSies website, you can convert the route from Google Maps into the more common GPX format. To do this, you need to create a free account beforehand.
• You can then transfer the route to a navigation device, for example. Make sure that the route ends up in the correct folder.

In the next practical tip, we will show you how to find the straight line between two points on Google Maps.