Transferring pins from Google maps

Submitted: Monday, Apr 18, 2022 at 14:17

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WombatWomble286

Can anybody answer if it is possible to transfer all our saved spots or pins from Google maps on to the ExploreOz app map?.
We have about 300 saved as Favourites or Want to go pins so don't want to do them one at a time.

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Reply By: The Explorer - Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022 at 14:38

Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022 at 14:38

Hello

I am not a EOTraveller user but from what I have read you should be able to import GPX format files into the app. So your first step is to convert the Google POI files - this may or may not take a couple of steps e.g. save as kml/kmx and then use another program to convert them to GPX (I don't know off the top of my head if you can export data out of Google Earth/Maps as GPX but there are (free and not free) programs that can convert kml/kmx to gpx)

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Greg

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Follow Up By: WombatWomble286 - Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022 at 17:33

Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022 at 17:33

Thanks Greg i will now just need a computer Geek to translate that for me but thankyou for the info.
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022 at 17:39

Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022 at 17:39

Ok , if I get time I can post a few instructions for creating GPX , but cant help with EO Traveller side of things. Maybe someone else can?

By the way, when you refer to Google Maps - Do you mean Google Earth?

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