# Duplicating a Google Maps

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-a-google-maps/583638
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 29, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-a-google-maps/583638 "2011-05-29T04:35:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-a-google-maps/583638/1 "2011-05-29T04:35:00Z")

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Simple question, hopefully a simple answer.

I’ve created a custom Google Map. Most of the information on it I’d like to use for a second (and third, and fourth) map. How can I duplicate the map I’ve created?

Thanks

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### Author: ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-a-google-maps/583638/2 "2011-05-29T23:31:18Z")

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Apparently not do simple an answer. Bumping just in case

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### Author: ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-a-google-maps/583638/3 "2011-05-29T23:35:40Z")

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Just above the map there should be a few links. The furthest one to the right should say “link.” If you click that, it’ll give you a link back to your map.  
If that doesn’t work, you could always take a screenshot, though it won’t be interactive.

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### Author: ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-a-google-maps/583638/4 "2011-05-30T00:24:58Z")

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Thanks Joey. I’ll need it to be interactive so the screenshot won’t work. Not sure what you mean about the link portion. So I have the link, how do I use that to get a new map that I can copy.  
It’s weird that this isn’t an apparent technique. You’d think this has come up once or twice and there’s gotta be a good reason why it’s not able to be done so easily.

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### Author: ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-a-google-maps/583638/5 "2011-05-30T00:32:52Z")

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Check this link, and go to the bottom for “BikePortlandME”'s comment - I think this is what you want (I’ve never done any Google maps, so . . .)

[http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/maps/thread?tid=31e3ff3d5a68d8c2&hl=en](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/maps/thread?tid=31e3ff3d5a68d8c2&hl=en)

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### Author: ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicating-a-google-maps/583638/6 "2011-05-30T04:01:13Z")

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Wow.

That is an insanely stupid way to copy and paste a map from one file to another.

But it worked. Thanks Folacin!