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How to import a Google Maps route into Tarmac

Turn a shared Google Maps link into a proper group route with stops, via and shaping points — step by step.

· 4 min read · The Tarmac team

Everyone has that friend who plans rides in Google Maps and drops a link in the chat. Tarmac lets you import that link, clean it up and ride it as a group.

In Google Maps, plan directions with a start, end and any stops, then use Share to copy the link.

Step 2: paste it into Tarmac

Tarmac reads documented Google Maps directions URLs and shows you a preview of the stops it found.

Step 3: make it a proper route

  • Mark places you'll actually stop as stops.
  • Mark towns you just pass through as via points.
  • Add shaping points to force the route over the road you want.

Step 4: share and ride

Attach the route to your group. If someone insists on Google Maps, export the route leg by leg — Tarmac labels them honestly, like Leg 2 of 5, so nothing is silently dropped.

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