# Google Maps

It is pretty easy to import Epicollect5 data into Google Maps (by using [My Maps](https://www.google.com/mymaps))

Go to <https://www.google.com/mymaps> and log in with your Google Account.

Click on "+ CREATE A NEW MAP".

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On the new map, click on the import button.

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Pick the `.csv` file with your downloaded data. ([How to download data?](https://docs.epicollect.net/web-application/downloading-data)). Wait for the upload to complete.

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You will be asked to pick the latitude and longitude from your data set. Epicollect5 prepends "**lat\_**" and "**long\_**" to latitude and longitude columns respectively.

![](https://3293478884-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F32OIF30CgrNUuRY6IjkW%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d6c579142532578e750b4352054d23f0856c0764%2Fmymaps-4.jpg?alt=media)

We are using the EC5 Demo Project for this example so we will pick "**lat\_3\_Where\_are\_you**" as the latitude and "**long\_3\_Where\_are\_you**" as the longitude.

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Now you will be asked to pick a column of your data set to be used as the title for the placemark. Epicollect5 conveniently has a "**title**" column assigned to each of your entries ([learn more about entry title](https://docs.epicollect.net/formbuilder/title)) therefore that is an obvious choice.

![](https://3293478884-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F32OIF30CgrNUuRY6IjkW%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b7c14fdb5eceeb14be148cbcc35fd3396d0fa69f%2Fmymaps-7.jpg?alt=media)After clicking on "Finish" your map will load. Isn't that awesome? [Learn more about My Maps.](https://support.google.com/mymaps/?hl=en#topic=)

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