Show route
maps_show_routeRead-onlyIdempotent
Displays a route as an interactive card with map pins, time and distance, stop arrival details, turn-by-turn steps, and an Open in Google Maps button for sharing directions.
Instructions
Show a route to the person as a card: interactive map with the route and lettered pins, total time and distance, the stops with arrival times and open/closed status, turn-by-turn steps per leg, and an "Open in Google Maps" button (claude.ai and ChatGPT draw it). Same facts as maps_plan_route. Use it whenever you give directions or a route.
Tool call template
Replace each placeholder with a value matching the input schema. Only required parameters are included; add optional parameters as needed.
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"arguments": {
"origin": "<origin>"
},
"name": "maps_show_route"
}
}Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| note | No | Your short note under the heading | |
| title | No | Heading above the card | |
| origin | Yes | A place name or address ('Albertina, Vienna'), a place id (ChIJ…) or 'lat,lng' | |
| roundTrip | No | Come back to the origin | |
| travelMode | No | DRIVE (default), WALK or BICYCLE | DRIVE |
| destination | No | End; omit with stops to end at the last stop | |
| dwellMinutes | No | Minutes at each stop, in the order given | |
| departureTime | No | Local wall-clock time at the stop, e.g. 2026-10-22T08:30 (no offset) | |
| intermediates | No | Stops in between | |
| optimizeOrder | No | Reorder the stops for the fastest route |