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Google Maps Platform MCP. Calculate Routes & Locate Anything on Earth

Google Maps Platform provides instant, authoritative location intelligence for any AI agent. Use this MCP to convert addresses into precise coordinates, calculate complex driving or walking routes, and find detailed information on businesses globally. It handles everything from getting the elevation at a coordinate point to calculating how long it takes to drive between multiple stops.

Google Maps Platform MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Google Maps Platform MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Google Maps Platform MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Google Maps Platform MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Google Maps Platform MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Google Maps Platform MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Google Maps Platform MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Google Maps Platform MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Calculate Travel Routes

Determine driving, walking, cycling, or transit paths between two or more points.

Pinpoint Coordinates from Addresses

Convert any physical street address into exact latitude and longitude coordinates.

Get Business Details

Fetch specific, rich information for a known business location, including hours or phone numbers.

Analyze Multiple Stops

Compare the travel time and distance between several separate origins and destinations at once.

Identify Local Amenities

Search for specific types of businesses or points of interest near a given location.

Determine Time Zones

Pull the correct time zone information required when scheduling events across different regions.

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What AI agents can do with Google Maps Platform: 9 Tools for Location Intelligence

These nine tools allow your agent to perform any location-based task, from converting street addresses into GPS coordinates to calculating complex multi-stop travel itineraries.

Make your AI actually useful.

Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

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Get Directions

Calculates multi-mode routes, providing step-by-step instructions between two specified points.

Get Distance Matrix

Compares the travel time and distance for multiple starting locations to multiple...

Get Elevation

Retrieves the altitude data for specific coordinates on Earth's surface.

Find Place From Text

Locates a place and provides its unique ID, which is necessary before retrieving...

Geocode Address

Converts a readable physical address into precise GPS coordinates...

Search Nearby Places

Finds businesses or points of interest, allowing filtering by category or keyword near specific coordinates.

Get Place Details

Pulls detailed information about a single location using its unique Place ID, including reviews and operating hours.

Reverse Geocode

Takes raw GPS coordinates and translates them back into a readable physical street...

Get Timezone

Determines the correct time zone for any given set of geographic coordinates...

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Google Maps Platform MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Google Maps Platform integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

Choose How to Get Started

Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

Build Your Own

Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

  • Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
  • Create Agent Skills with progressive disclosure
  • Deploy to edge with MCPFusion framework
  • Built in DLP, auth, and compliance on each call
  • Real time usage dashboard and cost metering
  • Publish to catalog or keep private
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Make Your AI Do More

Start with Google Maps Platform, then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

  • Use this MCP plus 5,200+ others, all in one place
  • Add new capabilities to your AI anytime you want
  • Connections are secured and governed automatically
  • Track usage and costs across all your servers
  • Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
  • New servers added to the catalog weekly
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Pinpointing location data is always a mess of copy-pasting and assumptions.

Today, if you need to compare travel times for five different stops, you open five separate maps. You manually enter the addresses one by one. If you’re building an app, you have to write complex code that calls multiple APIs, handles rate limits, and then pieces together a single result set.

With this MCP, your agent takes all those addresses or coordinates and uses get_distance_matrix in a single command. It instantly spits out the total travel time and distance for every leg of the journey, giving you one clean, actionable answer.

Get Location Details with get_place_details

The old way was finding a business name online, copying its address into an API search tool, waiting for the raw data packet, and then manually cross-referencing that ID to find hours or phone numbers. It's slow and fragile.

Now, your agent handles that entire sequence. You tell it the place you want information on, and using get_place_details, it gives you all the rich details—hours, ratings, reviews—in one go.

What Google Maps Platform MCP does for your AI

Need to know exactly where something is, or how to get there? This MCP connects your AI client directly to Google’s global mapping data, giving you instant access to location intelligence. You can turn a street address into precise GPS coordinates using geocoding, or take those coordinates and figure out what physical address they belong to via reverse geocoding.

Planning a multi-stop trip? Calculate the total distance and time required between origins and destinations with one call. It even finds nearby points of interest—like gas stations or restaurants—around any specific coordinate. All this deep location data, which typically requires multiple specialized APIs, is managed under one umbrella through Vinkius.

You just connect your preferred AI client, and the agent handles all the complex mapping logic for you.

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Frequently asked questions about Google Maps Platform MCP

How do I find coordinates using Google Maps Platform MCP? +

You use geocode_address. You simply provide a physical address string, and the tool returns the precise latitude/longitude coordinates along with a formatted street name.

Can get_distance_matrix handle multiple stops? +

Yes, that's what it's for. It accepts origins and destinations separated by pipes (or lists them) to calculate travel time and distance across many locations at once.

What if I only have GPS coordinates but need a street address? +

You run the reverse_geocode tool. This converts raw latitude/longitude data back into a human-readable, physical address string.

Do I need a Place ID to get business hours? +

Yes, generally you do. You can use find_place_from_text first to locate the place and obtain the necessary unique Place ID before calling get_place_details.

How does Google Maps Platform MCP help with time zones? +

You run get_timezone, passing in coordinates. It immediately tells your agent what time zone is active at that exact point on the map, which is critical for scheduling.