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Distance Matrix (Legacy)

Calculates travel distance and time between multiple origin and destination pairs, supporting various transportation modes and scheduling options. Useful for understanding route logistics and planning efficiently.

Geocode Address

Converts street addresses into precise geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) for mapping and location-based services. Use this when you need to pinpoint exact locations on a map or calculate distances between addresses.

Get Directions

Get turn-by-turn directions and travel time estimates between locations with support for multiple waypoints and transportation methods like driving, walking, or public transit. Perfect for planning routes, calculating delivery times, or optimizing travel logistics.

Get Place Details

Retrieves comprehensive information about a specific location including address, hours, contact details, ratings, and other business information. Use this to enrich your customer data, verify business information, or display location details in your applications.

Nearby search

Find nearby places like restaurants, cafes, or parks within a specific area to discover business opportunities, scout competitor locations, or curate local recommendations for your customers.

Text Search

Search Google Maps for specific places using text queries like business names, addresses, or categories (e.g., 'plumbers near me'). Returns detailed information about matching locations to help you find, verify, or list relevant businesses and services.

Autocomplete Place Predictions

Provides real-time place suggestions as users type their location queries, returning up to five relevant predictions ordered by relevance.

Compute Route Matrix

Calculates travel distance and duration between multiple origin and destination points in a single request, helping you plan efficient routes and estimate delivery times at scale. Useful for logistics planning, delivery optimization, and travel time analysis across many location pairs.

Create Tiles Session

Generates a session token needed to display maps and street view imagery in your application, valid for about two weeks and reusable across multiple requests.

Embed Google Map

Generate embeddable Google Map URLs and HTML code to display interactive maps on your website without requiring JavaScript, making it easy to show locations, directions, or street views to your customers.

Geocode Address With Query

Converts a text address into precise geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) for mapping and location-based services. Essential for pinpointing exact locations when working with customer addresses, delivery destinations, or event locations.

Geocode Destinations

Convert addresses, place IDs, or geographic coordinates into detailed location information including landmarks, entrances, and navigation points for precise mapping and directions.

Geocode Place by ID

Retrieves detailed geographic information including full address and coordinates for a specific location using its Google Place ID, helping you quickly access standardized location data without manual searches.

Geocoding API

Converts addresses into GPS coordinates and vice versa, allowing you to map locations and find addresses from coordinates. This enables location-based features in your applications without building your own mapping infrastructure.

Geolocate Device

Determine a device's geographic location using nearby cell towers and WiFi networks, useful when GPS is unavailable or unreliable.

Get 2D Map Tile

Retrieve individual map tile images at specific coordinates in various styles (roadmap, satellite, terrain) to build custom map visualizations for your applications or websites.

Get 3D Tiles Root

Retrieves the 3D Tiles tileset configuration needed to display photorealistic 3D maps in your application. Use this to initialize a 3D map renderer with Google's latest satellite and terrain imagery.

Get Place Photo

Downloads high-quality photos of businesses, landmarks, and locations from Google Maps to use in your own applications or marketing materials. This operation retrieves actual images associated with places, allowing you to display authentic venue photos without manual sourcing.

Get Route

Calculates the best route between two locations with options for different travel modes (driving, walking, transit, etc.), helping you plan efficient journeys and estimate travel times.

Lookup Aerial Video

Retrieve aerial video footage for a specific location by address or video ID, including playback links and rendering status. Useful for accessing pre-rendered aerial views of properties or locations.

Render Aerial Video

Generates an aerial video of a property at a US postal address that can be used for previews or documentation. The system returns a video ID to track the rendering progress, with results typically ready within a few hours.

Reverse Geocode Location

Converts geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) into human-readable addresses, helping you identify the location name and street address for any point on a map. This is useful when you have coordinates from a GPS device, mobile app, or mapping service but need the actual address.