modelcontextprotocol/google-maps

4.2

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MCP Server for the Google Maps API.

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

maps_geocode

Convert an address into geographic coordinates

maps_reverse_geocode

Convert coordinates into an address

maps_search_places

Search for places using Google Places API

maps_place_details

Get detailed information about a specific place

maps_distance_matrix

Calculate travel distance and time for multiple origins and destinations

maps_elevation

Get elevation data for locations on the earth

maps_directions

Get directions between two points

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

No resources

Author

modelcontextprotocol

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Repository

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived/tree/main/src/google-maps

GitHub Stars

187

License

MIT License

Last publish date

2025-05-28

Last update date

2025-12-07

Server configs

in claude desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-maps": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY",
        "mcp/google-maps"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

via npx in claude desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-maps": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-google-maps"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

via npx in vs code

{
  "mcp": {
    "inputs": [
      {
        "type": "promptString",
        "id": "maps_api_key",
        "description": "Google Maps API Key",
        "password": true
      }
    ],
    "servers": {
      "google-maps": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-google-maps"],
        "env": {
          "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "${input:maps_api_key}"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

in vs code

{
  "mcp": {
    "inputs": [
      {
        "type": "promptString",
        "id": "maps_api_key",
        "description": "Google Maps API Key",
        "password": true
      }
    ],
    "servers": {
      "google-maps": {
        "command": "docker",
        "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/google-maps"],
        "env": {
          "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "${input:maps_api_key}"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}