What you can do with Google Maps Platform
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32 things you can do
Google Maps Platform
Google Maps Platform is Google's developer platform for maps, routes, places and environment data, offering REST web service APIs (Places, Routes, Geocoding, Address Validation, Air Quality, Pollen, Solar, Weather), mobile and web SDKs, and a remote MCP server (Grounding Lite) for AI agents, billed pay-as-you-go through Google Cloud.
6 multi-step recipesRecipes: multi-step jobs
Maps Autocomplete a Place and Close the Session with DetailsResolve a partial text input into a fully detailed place within one billing session.Maps Enrich a Postal Address into a Full Place Record
Turn a stored postal address into a canonical, enriched Google place record.Maps Find the Nearest Open Place and Route to It
Go from a user coordinate to turn-by-turn directions to the nearest matching place.Maps Resolve Two Addresses and Route Between Them
Turn two human-readable addresses into a routed trip with distance and duration.Maps Reverse Geocode a Coordinate and Discover What Is Around It
Resolve a coordinate to an address and enumerate the places surrounding it.Maps Search for a Place and Assemble a Place Card
Go from a natural-language query to a detailed place plus a renderable photo URI.
Other things you can do
Edit many Street View photos at onceDelete many Street View photos at onceDelete a Street View photo sequencePublish an uploaded Street View sequenceStart uploading a Street View video sequenceReport how an address validation turned outEdit one Street View photo's detailsDelete one Street View photoStart uploading a single Street View photoPublish an uploaded Street View photoList all my Street View photo sequencesGet the air quality forecast for a placeLook up several Street View photos at onceList all my Street View photosGet the pollen forecast for a placeGet solar map layers around a locationCheck one Street View photo sequenceEstimate solar potential for a buildingCheck that a mailing address is realLook up one of my Street View photosGet a pollen heatmap map tileCheck the air quality right now at a placeGet past air quality for a placeDownload a solar data image fileCount businesses of a type in an areaShowing 25 of 26. Search above to find the rest.