Maps Experience agent tools
Google's own hosted MCP server for Google Maps Platform data, previously called Maps Grounding Lite.
What it does
Google's own hosted MCP server for Google Maps Platform data, previously called Maps Grounding Lite. A client connects over Streamable HTTP to mapstools.googleapis.com and gets tools for finding places, searching for places along a route, computing routes (without turn-by-turn steps), checking the weather at a location, and turning place names or Google Maps links into Place IDs. It needs a Google Cloud project with the service enabled and either an API key or an OAuth client. Requests are billed per call after a monthly free allowance, with an Essentials and a Pro tier. Google documents setup for Gemini CLI and its Agent Development Kit, and says other MCP clients work too.
Capabilities
- Search for places and get place information
- Search for places along a route
- Compute routes between locations
- Look up current weather and forecasts for a location
- Resolve place names and Google Maps URLs to Place IDs
Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | |
| Tool | Google Maps Platform | |
| Publisher | source | |
| Official status | Officialdocumented and hosted by Google on googleapis.com | source |
| Connection | Remote (hosted, you connect over the internet) | source |
| Can change data | No | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Yes | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Gemini CLI | source |
| Licence | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Pricing | Free with paid plans | source |
| Activity | No commit dataVersion 1.0.0Download data not available (not on npm or PyPI) |
Sources
- Web pagedevelopers.google.com · Backs: AI clients, Connection, Needs an API key or sign-in, Official status, Pricing, PublisherNov 13, 2026
- MCP Registry entrycom.googleapis.mapstools/mcp · Backs: ConnectionNov 10, 2026