Google Maps MCP Server Enhanced

What it does

A community TypeScript MCP server with 14 tools built on Google Maps Platform APIs, written with trip and outdoor planning in mind. Besides geocoding, place search and details, directions, distance matrices and route planning, it returns Street View and static map images, elevation, and environmental data from Google's weather, air quality, solar and pollen APIs. You build it from source with Node.js 18 or newer and run it locally over stdio; the README gives a Claude Desktop config. It needs a Google Maps API key from a Google Cloud account with billing enabled and the relevant APIs switched on.

Capabilities

Geocode addresses and search places
Get directions, distance matrices and routes
Return Street View and static map images
Look up weather, air quality, pollen, solar and elevation data

Install

Follow the project's install instructions

From the project's documentation

Details

Fact	Value	Source
Type	MCP server
Tool	Google Maps Platform
Publisher	garblesnarff	source
Official status	Community (not published by the tool's vendor)	source
Connection	Local (runs on your computer)	source
Can change data	Not stated in its documentation
Needs an API key or sign-in	Yes	source
Platforms	Not stated in its documentation
AI clients	Claude Desktop	source
Licence	MIT	source
Pricing	Not stated in its documentation
Activity	Last commit Oct 15, 202610 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI)	source
Links	Repository

Sources

README (README.md)github.com/garblesnarff/google-maps-mcp · Backs: AI clients, Connection, Needs an API key or sign-inNov 13, 2026
Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/garblesnarff/google-maps-mcp · Backs: LicenceNov 13, 2026
GitHub repositorygithub.com/garblesnarff/google-maps-mcp · Backs: Official status, Publisher, Activity, LicenceNov 11, 2026
GitHub API recordgithub.com/Garblesnarff/google-maps-mcpNov 10, 2026

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