Allows AI agents to interact with Google Maps API for geocoding, place search and details, directions, distance matrix, and elevation data.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@mcp-google_maps find restaurants near Central Park"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Google Maps MCP Pack — geocoding, places, directions, distance matrix, elevation.
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.
Tool | Description |
| "Geocode [address] via Google Maps" / "Google Maps coordinates of [place]" / "lat lng for [address] using Google" — convert an address to lat/lng + formatted address via Google Maps Platform. Premium-quality geocoding (highest accuracy for US addresses); requires Google Maps API key. Use when Mapbox/MapTiler/OpenStreetMap miss the address. |
| "Reverse geocode [lat,lng] via Google Maps" / "what address is at [coords] in Google" — coordinates → address via Google Maps Platform. Requires Google Maps API key. Use when you need Google's street-address parsing (most accurate for US). |
| "Find restaurants / hotels / coffee shops / [businesses] near [location]" / "nearby [type] within [radius]" / "places to eat in [area]" — find nearby businesses and points of interest via Google Maps Places. Returns names, addresses, Google ratings, distances. Premium-quality POI data; requires Google Maps API key. Use over Yelp/OSM when you want Google's POI coverage and ratings. |
| "Hours / phone / reviews of [business]" / "Google business info for [place]" / "is [restaurant] open" — full details for a Google Place: address, phone, hours, website, ratings, user reviews. Requires a place ID from |
| "Google Maps directions from A to B" / "transit / public-transport directions" / "bus / subway / train route" / "best way to get from [X] to [Y]" — turn-by-turn directions via Google Maps. Modes: driving, walking, transit (bus/subway/train), bicycling. Requires Google Maps API key. PREFER over Mapbox/OpenRouteService specifically for public-transit routing — Google has the best transit data. |
| "Travel time matrix between [N] origins and [M] destinations" / "drive-time grid via Google Maps" / "transit times between addresses" — N×M distance and duration matrix between many points via Google Maps. Modes: driving, walking, bicycling, transit. Use for delivery routing, multi-stop optimization, transit-heavy planning. |
| "Elevation at [coords] via Google" / "altitude / height above sea level" — elevation in meters for one or more lat/lng pairs via Google Maps Elevation API. Pipe-separated locations for batch queries. |
Related MCP server: Google Maps MCP Server
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"google_maps": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/google_maps/mcp"
}
}
}tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/google_maps/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1476+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Google_maps data" })The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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Ground your AI applications with trusted geospatial data from Google Maps.
Live Google Maps business search, review, and photo data for AI agents over MCP.
The Google Maps MCP server is a fully-managed server provided by the Maps Grounding Lite API that connects AI applications to Google Maps Platform services. It provides three main tools for building LLM applications: searching for places, looking up weather information, and computing routes with details like distance and travel time. The server acts as a proxy that translates Google Maps data into a format that AI applications can understand, enabling agents to accurately answer real-world location and travel queries.
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