How to share a map

Set the map up the way you want it seen.

Turn on the layers you want and move the map to the area you care about.

In the toolbar, click My Maps, then click Save current as New Map.

Only a saved map can be shared, so this comes first if you are still in the Sandbox.

Type a name and click Save.

The map is yours from now on, and it keeps saving itself as you work.

Open My Maps again and click Share on the map's row.

The share settings open. If you have shared this map before, the button reads Edit and the link already exists.

Click Publish — create the link.

Viewers see the version you publish, so later edits stay private until you publish again.

Click Copy next to the link.

Paste it into an email or a message — this is the only link this share will ever have.

Open the link to see exactly what your recipient sees.

It opens in any browser with no account and no sign-in: your map, read-only, at the area you saved.