how to convert google-maps GeoJSON to GPX, retaining location names

Question

I have exported my google-maps Point Of Interests (saved places / locations) via the takeout tool. How can i convert this to GPX, so that i can import it into OSMAnd?

I tried using gpsbabel:

gpsbabel -i geojson -f my-saved-locations.json -o gpx -F my-saved-locations_converted.gpx

But this did not retain the title/name of each point of interest - and instead just used names like WPT001, WPT002, etc.

Answer 1

in the end I solved this by creating a small python script to convert between the formats. This could be easily adapted for specific needs:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse
import json
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from xml.dom import minidom


def ingestJson(geoJsonFilepath):
    poiList = []
    with open(geoJsonFilepath) as fileObj:
        data = json.load(fileObj)
        for f in data["features"]:
            poiList.append({'title': f["properties"]["Title"],
                            'lon': f["geometry"]["coordinates"][0],
                            'lat': f["geometry"]["coordinates"][1],
                            'link': f["properties"].get("Google Maps URL", ''),
                            'address': f["properties"]["Location"].get("Address", '')})
    return poiList


def dumpGpx(gpxFilePath, poiList):
    gpx = ET.Element("gpx", version="1.1", creator="", xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1")
    for poi in poiList:
        wpt = ET.SubElement(gpx, "wpt", lat=str(poi["lat"]), lon=str(poi["lon"]))
        ET.SubElement(wpt, "name").text = poi["title"]
        ET.SubElement(wpt, "desc").text = poi["address"]
        ET.SubElement(wpt, "link").text = poi["link"]
    xmlstr = minidom.parseString(ET.tostring(gpx)).toprettyxml(encoding="utf-8", indent="  ")
    with open(gpxFilePath, "wb") as f:
        f.write(xmlstr)


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('--inputGeoJsonFilepath', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('--outputGpxFilepath', required=True)
    args = parser.parse_args()

    poiList = ingestJson(args.inputGeoJsonFilepath)
    dumpGpx(args.outputGpxFilepath, poiList=poiList)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

...

it can be called like so:

./convert-googlemaps-geojson-to-gpx.py \
  --inputGeoJsonFilepath my-saved-locations.json \
  --outputGpxFilepath my-saved-locations_converted.gpx