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Google Maps Platform

Google Maps Platform

Technology, Information and Internet

Build geospatial apps with robust APIs and SDKs, powered by global data that’s updated 100 million times daily.

About us

Over the past 20 years, mobile and location has transformed what businesses can do and how their customers experience the world. Google Maps Platform has been fortunate to play a role in this evolution. Explore how you can visualize and understand the real world with our products. Learn how we can help you immerse audiences in new ways, improve user experiences and operations, and access insights to make faster, more informed business and sustainability decisions. Create geospatial experiences and applications with robust APIs and SDKs, access insights and enable decisions with rich, analysis-ready geospatial datasets, and utilize no-code geospatial evaluation and analysis tools from Google Earth to enable faster, more holistic decision making and seamless collaboration. Go beyond the map with Google Maps Platform. Follow to get the latest news and insights, and celebrate 20 years of geospatial progress with Google Maps Platform, Google Earth and Google Earth Engine.

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mapsplatform.google.com
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Company size
10,001+ employees

Updates

  • 📢 Today, we're announcing general availability for Street View Insights, our first Imagery Insights dataset ➡️ https://goo.gle/4t3nxkw 👁️ Access Street View’s vast repository of 280 billion+ 360° and 3D images covering infrastructure 💬 Prompt Gemini from the Vertex AI Studio with natural language queries to extract insights much faster 🔗 Connect directly with Google Cloud's BigQuery for advanced spatial analysis and integrate seamlessly with Vertex AI Reduce costly, time-consuming field surveys and gain actionable infrastructure insights.

    • A maintenance planning dashboard features a map with a pop-up window displaying evaluation data and a street view image for a selected utility site.
    • A dashboard displays a map of Brighton with orange dots representing pole locations.
    • A maintenance planning dashboard displays a map of utility poles with a pop-up window showing evaluation data for a selected streetlight, such as "Pole Condition: OK" and a street-view photo.
  • Reliable data is the foundation of reliable geospatial work. But gathering it used to mean digging through disparate local databases or funding expensive, time-consuming physical site visits ➡️ https://goo.gle/4878IoX Now, we are bringing that critical context directly to your digital canvas, everywhere in the world. We aren't just expanding global coverage of our most popular data layers—we are adding powerful, entirely new ones so you can save time no matter where you work. Explore these new data layers now. 🌊 Risk mitigation: Use the new inundation history layer from Google to visualize how often places have been wet from 1999–2020. 🚴 Urban planning: Utilize our new cycling trip percentage layer to see monthly cycling activity from Nagoya to Amsterdam. ⛰️ Site assessment: Toggle on 20m global elevation contours to validate buildable acreage in minutes, not months.

  • ✈️🎯 Control and render on the map in three dimensions with the power of WebGL and the Maps JavaScript API ➡️ https://goo.gle/4uScIUk Create next generation mapping experiences for the web using WebGL-accelerated features and the same performant, client-side rendered vector map you know from Google Maps. 🌎 Check out the demo at the link to see plans for a trip to London, including the flight, transportation, stay, and attractions, all in one interactive setting.

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    Creating Google Map API Keys in advance was always a pain! 💀 When you have an idea, hitting a billing wall before you can write a single line of code is incredibly frustrating. Good news for developer experience: You can now bypass the startup friction completely. No credit card required. Just log in with your Google account and you can get a working API key in seconds! You get direct access to visually focused products like the Maps JS API, Places UI Kit, and the Weather API. (Note: To keep it safe, direct data access like the Routing or Places APIs are reserved for full accounts). A Demo Key is also the easiest way to test AI-generated mapping code without hitting setup blockers. The demo environment comes with automatic usage limits built-in, which is exactly what teams need to prototype responsibly. This is a massive DX improvement. Removing the billing setup friction means you can just start building.

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  • ⚡️ From storm damage to structural decay — managing utility assets just got a massive AI upgrade, with Street View Insights. 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gQbdQiQJ Meet our new multi-agent system: 🔍 Isolate asset telemetry via Street View ⛈️ Ground forensics with precise weather data 🛠️ Automate work orders instantly One streaming chat interface. Zero friction. From discovery to resolution in seconds. Visit us at the Google booth at #CERAWeek March 23 - 27 in Houston, Texas for a live demo and discussion, or check out the demo at the link above.

  • 🔑 No credit card required! With the new Maps Demo Key, you can get a working API key with just your Google account and start building in seconds ➡️ https://goo.gle/47eVkim We’ve removed the barrier to entry, giving developers direct access to build with select Google Maps Platform products — including Maps JS API, Places UI Kit, and Weather API. Whether you're testing new features or validating technical feasibility, prototype with confidence in a controlled sandbox with automatic usage guardrails. ➡️ Seamlessly works with AI agents to turn prompts into working geospatial prototypes. ➡️ Maps Demo Key is the easiest way to test AI-generated geospatial code without hitting setup blockers. ➡️ Easily transition to a full account to unlock our generous monthly free usage tier, additional APIs, and technical support — all while keeping your project moving. Try it at the link above.

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