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Maps documentation

Maps

Help users explore the world with detailed, custom maps products.

Routes documentation

Routes

Help your users optimize the way from A to Z.

Places

Places

Show users places and points of interest with details at their fingertips.

Environment documentation

Environment

Help users access data to respond to the climate challenges of today.

Analytics documentation

Analytics

Discover geospatial datasets and tools that enable you to reveal powerful business and sustainability insights.

Maps documentation

Maps SDKs

Bring the real world to your users with dynamic maps for the web and mobile.

Static maps

Display a static map on your website.

Street view imagery

Add 360° Street View imagery to your apps.

Elevation

Get the elevation of one or a series of locations.

Aerial View

Create and display Aerial View videos rendered using Google's 3D geospatial imagery.

Map Tiles

Provides high-resolution Photorealistic 3D Tiles, 2D Tiles, and Street View Tiles.

Maps Datasets

Upload your data to a dataset for use in a Google Maps Platform app.

Routes documentation

Routes

Provide directions with real-time traffic for multiple modes of transport, calculate travel times and distances, and more.

Navigation SDKs

Build dynamic navigation experiences for your apps.

Roads

Identify nearby roads and their speed limits using coordinates.

Route Optimization

Optimize multi-stop routes flexibly and intelligently for one or more vehicles.

Places documentation

Places API & SDKs

Integrate Google's Place details, search, autocomplete, and AI-generated summaries into your apps.

Places UI Kit

Bring the familiar Google Maps user experience for Places to your frontend use cases with a ready-to-use, customizable, and cost-effective component library.

Geocoding

Convert coordinates into addresses and addresses into coordinates.

Geolocation

Get an approximate device location using nearby cell towers and WiFi nodes.

Address Validation

Validate an address and its components.

Time Zone

Determine the time zone for a set of coordinates.

Places Aggregate

Provides insights about places within a specified area based on different criteria.

Environment documentation

Air Quality

Retrieve air quality indexes, pollutants, and health recommendations for specific locations.

Pollen

Get pollen information for specific locations, including types, plants, and indexes.

Solar

Look up the rooftop solar energy potential for specific buildings.

Weather

Get current weather conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, and hourly weather history for specific locations.

Analytics documentation

Google Earth

Analyze, build, and collaborate with a comprehensive, interactive model of our world.

Places Insights

Get statistical insights from Google Maps places and brands data, using BigQuery.

Imagery Insights

Use Google Street View images to fuel geospatial insights.

Roads Management Insights

Access, analyze, and monitor road data to improve road networks and public utilities.

Get started

Learn the basics of using Google Maps Platform APIs & SDKs.

  • Getting started guide

    Create an account, generate an API key, enable APIs and SDKs, and start building.

    >Read the guide and get started fast

  • Build your first map

    New to Google Maps Platform? Build your first map with a marker.

    > Try it forJavaScript,Android, andiOS

  • Search for Places

    Learn how to query Google Maps Platform's comprehensive database of rich place data.

    > Try it with theMaps JavaScript API andPlaces API
    > Get AI-powered place summaries with thePlaces API

  • Get directions

    Get your users where they're going fast, with accurate, real-time directions.

    > Try it with theRoutes API

Popular docs

Browse the docs for some of the most popular Google Maps Platform features.
Maps

Marker clustering

Use the MarkerClustererPlus library to display large numbers of markers.
MapsRoutesPlaces

Using TypeScript

Integrate the Maps JavaScript API into your web app with TypeScript.
Maps

Styling your maps

Create and manage custom map styles from the Google Cloud Console.
Maps

Using info windows

Display informational text or images to your users in a popup window above the map.
Places

Adding Place Autocomplete

Integrate a place search dialog with built-in autocomplete functionality into your web and mobile apps.
Places

Geocoding & reverse geocoding

Learn how to get the latitude and longitude coordinates for an address or the address for coordinates.
Routes

Getting directions

Retrieve directions for multiple modes of transportation and waypoints.
Places

Getting Place details

Look up rich information about places, including the name, address, location, and more.

Industry solutions

Check out the industry-specific solutions offered by Google Maps Platform.

Transportation and Logistics

Integrate Google Maps directly into your ridesharing app to decrease navigation friction for your drivers and improve wait times for your customers.

Asset tracking

Improve business efficiencies by locating vehicles and assets in real time, visualizing where assets have traveled, and routing vehicles with complex trips.

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Issue Tracker

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Platform status

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Support

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