Google Maps (Grounding Lite): Documentation
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Connection
Endpoint https://mapstools.googleapis.com/mcp, Streamable HTTP transport. Auth: an X-Goog-Api-Key header with a Google Maps Platform API key (needs a linked billing account), or OAuth 2.0 client credentials with the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/maps-platform.mcp scope.
Tools
Three tools:
- Search Places — place search with AI-generated summaries, Place IDs, coordinates and a Google Maps link.
- Lookup Weather — current conditions plus hourly and daily forecasts by coordinates.
- Compute Routes — distance and duration for driving or walking routes, with no live traffic and no turn-by-turn directions.
Rate limit: 300 requests per minute per project (600 for the experimental Resolution APIs).
Agent flow
"Find coffee shops near this address and give me a short description of each", "what's the weather forecast there tomorrow afternoon?", "how long would it take to walk there?".
Pricing
A paid service — every tool call is billed as its own SKU under Google Maps Platform pricing; both pay-as-you-go and Subscribe to Save packages (Essentials, Pro) are available.