How can I add a track/road/distance from A to B as a missing place ?

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Hi All,

While in social isolation and facing a four day Easter break, I am trying to catch up on some of the ideas occured to me in the past and one is to create list of walking and cycling tracks around my neighborhood.

I want to add a list of walking tracks around my neighborhood, so that anyone new can check them out and use them etc. To do this I first need to add these maps (between points A and B) as a place but google won’t allow me (my edits come back as NOT Applied) so I am stuck on how to do this.

appreciate if anyone knows a trick.

Stay safe

Ameer

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Hello @AmeerMrz

You can’t do anything to get the edits approved. There may be several reasons for the rejection.

Have you created the map shared here through “Google My Maps” through the link https://www.google.com/maps/d/ ?

Then, you can share that through any social media account, email or anything. That will serve your expected purpose for the time being.

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Hi C_T,

Yes I have created maps but the problem is I can not add maps to the lists, I can only add places to the list.

I need to find a way to add maps to a list and my thinking was to create a place for each map via “add a missing place” and then add them to list.

also maps are not searchable in google maps and can only use them if you share them specifically in other platforms.

thanks for your thoughts.

Ameer

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Hello @AmeerMrz

You should never create any fictitious place on Maps for any reason whatever.

Instead, share your custom maps through social media and Google My Maps includes links for that

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I think you do not understand what I am saying. This is not a fictitious place, its a route/known track that is established with a certain start and end point. I want to add this route as a place in google maps. it is genuine but at the moment this feature does not exist. rather than a discrete place like a building, this is a linear location with a start and end point.

thanks for trying to help me anyway.

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Hi @AmeerMrz ,

Have you tried just to drop a pin and do the navigation to that pin?

Cheers

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Hi @AmeerMrz ,

Thanks for sharing with us! : ]

Regarding your inquiry, the main objective would be to create a list, of a supposed route or perhaps known walking paths (as you have mentioned) and not as to Add a missing road to the map (by checking from the title), correct?

Do feel free to have all the details collected and to be posted as a suggestion in the Idea Exchange, as you may also check for any other similar ideas, as you may check Add routes to google maps or Routes for hiking and tracking should it have a similar purpose. (do feel free to check How do I use the Idea Exchange and what happens to my ideas? for any related inquiries)

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Hi @sonnyNg ,

Thanks for your insights.

I will definitely check the links you provided.

Yes the purpose is to create a list of routes and the links are promising.

Regards

Ameer

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@sonnyNg the update is that there is a comment in one of the links you provided (thank you for that) saying google is not planning to include this feature for some years to come.

will have to wait and see.

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@MortenCopenhagen ,

yes and the status for those edits is “NOT APPLIED”.

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Hi @AmeerMrz ,

Thanks for having checked! : ]

For the moment, it would be with the current status for the idea, as you may feel free to add more details of your own, if needed, since ideas are being being often checked, nevertheless if it is being Closed.