Shareable map from a Google Drive file to Gmail
A map anyone can open, coloured by a column, with GeoJSON and KML downloads. Ask your AI in plain English: it reads a Google Drive file, InstaMaps does the location work, and the results land in Gmail.
Google Drive file
InstaMapsShareable map
Gmail
Claude
ChatGPT
Copilot
GeminiThe prompt
Using the rows in this CSV or Excel file in my Google Drive: <link to the file>, make a map of these places coloured by their Status column, with the names on the map, and email me (<your email>) the map link.
Replace the parts in <angle brackets>.What comes back
- A link to the map that anyone can open
- GeoJSON and KML files for GIS tools and Google Earth
- Anything that can't be placed or answered comes back with the reason. Nothing is dropped.
Set it up
Shareable map in Claude
Every plan, including Free. On Free, InstaMaps uses your one custom connector; Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar are directory connectors and don't count against it.
- In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors, and choose "Add custom connector".
- Name it InstaMaps and paste https://get-instamaps.com/mcp. Click Add.
- Click Connect and continue with Google. You land back in Claude, ready to ask.
- Add the Google Drive, Gmail or Google Calendar connector from the same Connectors page when the chain uses them.
- Paste the prompt above.
Before you start
Reading a Google Drive fileShare the file with InstaMaps, or set it to "anyone with the link can view". InstaMaps reads it straight from Drive.
Writing to GmailYour AI tool's Gmail connector sends it. Ask for a draft instead if you'd rather check it first.
Good to know
- Up to 2,500 pins a map. Change it later by asking: the link stays the same.
- The connector is free: 5,000 tool calls a day per person, and a whole sheet read by link counts as one call.
- Rather do it without an AI? Use the free tool on our site.
