Google-maps – Moving bulk saved places in between labels in Google Maps

Well, after discovering that the starred locations are also mirrored on Google Bookmarks, I wrote a Python script to scrape the coordinates and generate a KML file:

Export Google Maps starred locations

1. Go to Google Bookmarks: https://www.google.com/bookmarks/
2. On the bottom left, click "Export bookmarks": https://www.google.com/bookmarks/bookmarks.html?hl=en
3. After downloading the html file, run this script on it to generate a KML.

It's hacky and doesn't read all of them correctly, but the ones it fails on tend to be ones that don't even open correctly if you click on the link in Google Bookmarks.

I am also a frequent My Maps user.

On 16 September, I received an email I had been expecting for some time (based on previous announcements from Google about Maps) saying

Hi, We want to let you know that in the coming months, we're upgrading the content you created in My Maps. All of the maps that you've created will automatically move to the new Google My Maps (previously called Google Maps Engine). Classic My Maps on maps.google.com will no longer be available. You don't have to take any action to ensure all your content will be upgraded.

The FAQ pointed to from this email says: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6009908

It doesn't explicitly say that the Save to Map feature has been removed - but then it's really about new Maps, not My Maps Classic. Google's usual style would be to note announce feature removal like this, when the feature concerned is being replaced by another one.

Currently, if I go to maps.google.com, I am re-directed to the new maps.

However if I go to a website where one of my existing maps is embedded and click the "view in a larger map", I do go back to Classic My Maps, and am able to edit the existing map. However when I am doing so, and I search for a place, there is no longer a Save to Map option.

I am expecting that the ability to edit maps in My Maps classic will be removed sooner or later - and at that point I personally will need to upgrade one account to My Maps Pro to get one of the features I need.