

From December 2019 to April 2020, we saw nearly a billion more My Maps creations, edits and views compared to the same time period last year, growing from 2 billion to nearly 3 billion. Over the past four months, we’ve seen a surge in the number of people creating and viewing My Maps. You can share your map via public URL, embed it on websites or publish your map for others to see. With a simple drag-and-drop interface you can add placemarks, draw lines and shapes, and embed text, photos and videos. In 2007, we launched a tool called My Maps to help people create their own custom maps on top of Google Maps. With much of the world physically apart right now, people are finding creative ways to use custom-built maps to maintain a shared sense of community, albeit virtually.
