Convert Google Maps Links to Apple Maps (and Back)

How to convert a Google Maps link to Apple Maps

1. Copy the Google Maps link - a long google.com/maps URL or a short maps.app.goo.gl link from the Share button both work.
2. Paste it into the box above. mapfwd follows short links to the full URL and reads the exact coordinates out of it.
3. On the result page, tap Apple Maps to open the spot, or copy its link to send on.

Even faster: type mapfwd.com/ in front of the Google Maps link in your browser's address bar, as in mapfwd.com/https://maps.app.goo.gl/…, and you land on the result page directly. Use mapfwd.com/a/ instead and an iPhone or Mac opens the place in Apple Maps straight away.

Apple Maps to Google Maps

It works the same way in reverse. Paste a maps.apple.com link, or a short maps.apple link from Apple Maps' Share button, and the result page gives you the Google Maps link for the same point. On an Android phone, mapfwd.com/a/ in front of the Apple link opens it in your default map app - see opening Apple Maps links on Android.

What carries over - and what doesn’t

• The exact location. The converted link uses the coordinates from the original, so the pin lands on the same spot.
• Google Maps routes. A Google Maps directions link converts into a route with the same start and destination.
• Not the listing itself. The new link points at coordinates, not at the business's profile, so reviews, photos and opening hours come from whichever app opens it.

If a link carries only a search term and no location, there is nothing to convert: open it, copy the address and paste that instead.

Skip the conversion next time

If you share places with people who use different apps, send one mapfwd link instead of converting back and forth. mapfwd.com/a/u09tunquc9 opens Apple Maps on iPhone and Mac and the default map app on Android, while mapfwd.com/u09tunquc9 lets each person choose from Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze and 20+ others.

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