# Google Maps Platform MCP - Tools, Setup and Examples | FlyMy.AI

> Google Maps Platform MCP for Claude, Cursor and Codex. Web research, with 10 actions. Your API key. See setup, examples and pricing.

Page: https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/

MCP / Web research

# Google Maps Platform MCP: web research

Google Maps Platform lookups: places search and details, geocoding both ways, directions, distance matrix, elevation, time zone. Connect it to Claude, Codex, Cursor or any MCP client through one FlyMy.AI MCP.

[Connect Google Maps Platform](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#connect) [What it can do](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#actions)

Your own API key, 10 actions, Web research

$ YOUR NEXT RUN

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Any agent

## Use Google Maps Platform MCP in your assistant

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or any agent. It reads the guide and helps you connect.

```
Read https://flymy.ai/skill.md and https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps.md. Help me connect Google Maps Platform MCP to this assistant. Then help me run this task: Use Google Maps Platform to directions. Ask me for the required inputs first and show the result.
```

[Open FlyMy.AI](https://app.flymy.ai/new-agent) [Download brief](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps.md)

## What Google Maps Platform MCP can do

10 actions in the FlyMy.AI catalog, the most used first. Your agent finds them through search_tools and calls the one the task needs.

| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| [#](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#method-googlemaps_directions) `googlemaps_directions` | Get directions between two points - POST directions/v2:computeRoutes (Routes API). |
| [#](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#method-googlemaps_distance_matrix) `googlemaps_distance_matrix` | Travel distance and time for a matrix of origins x destinations - POST distanceMatrix/v2:computeRouteMatrix (Routes API). |
| [#](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#method-googlemaps_elevation) `googlemaps_elevation` | Get elevation data Pass locations (pipe-separated 'lat,lng', max 512) for discrete points, OR path plus samples for elevations sampled along a route. |
| [#](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#method-googlemaps_geocode) `googlemaps_geocode` | Forward geocode an address to coordinates Requires address OR components. |
| [#](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#method-googlemaps_nearby_search) `googlemaps_nearby_search` | Nearby search for places around a point - POST places:searchNearby (Places API New). |
| [#](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#method-googlemaps_place_autocomplete) `googlemaps_place_autocomplete` | Autocomplete place predictions as a user types - POST places:autocomplete (Places API New). |
| [#](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#method-googlemaps_place_details) `googlemaps_place_details` | Get full details for one place - GET places/{place_id} (Places API New). |
| [#](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#method-googlemaps_reverse_geocode) `googlemaps_reverse_geocode` | Reverse geocode coordinates to addresses Requires latlng ('lat,lng'). |
| [#](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#method-googlemaps_text_search) `googlemaps_text_search` | Text search for places - POST places:searchText (Places API New). |
| [#](https://flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps/#method-googlemaps_time_zone) `googlemaps_time_zone` | Get the time zone for a location at a given time Requires location ('lat,lng') and timestamp (epoch seconds). |

## Ask your agent

Requests to paste as they are. Each one runs on the actions named under it.

**“Use Google Maps Platform to directions. Ask me for the required inputs first and show the result.”** uses `googlemaps_directions`

**“Use Google Maps Platform to distance matrix. Ask me for the required inputs first and show the result.”** uses `googlemaps_distance_matrix`

**“Use Google Maps Platform to elevation. Ask me for the required inputs first and show the result.”** uses `googlemaps_elevation`

## Connect Google Maps Platform in a minute

One MCP for every integration. Add it once, then every MCP in the catalog is a request away.

1. 01 ### Add FlyMy.AI Add the FlyMy.AI MCP to your assistant with one of the commands below and sign in. No key to copy.
2. 02 ### Add your Google Maps API key Paste it into the Google Maps Platform [connection settings](https://app.flymy.ai/mcp-configs#googlemaps) once; it stays with FlyMy.AI, never in a prompt or a chat.
  - **Google Maps API key** - API key from Google Cloud console (Google Maps Platform - Credentials). Enable Places, Geocoding, Directions APIs. [Create key ->](https://console.cloud.google.com/google/maps-apis/credentials)
3. 03 ### Ask Paste a request from this page. Every run shows what it cost.

Claude Code

```
claude mcp add --transport http flymyai https://mcp-agents.flymy.ai/mcp
```

Then run /mcp in Claude Code and sign in.

Codex

```
codex mcp add flymy --url https://mcp-agents.flymy.ai/mcp
```

Then run codex mcp login flymy to sign in.

claude.ai and Claude Desktop

```
https://mcp-agents.flymy.ai/mcp
```

Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector: paste this URL.

## Pay per run

FlyMy.AI bills the run: the model and the tool's seconds. Calls go to your own Google Maps Platform account, under its plan and limits. No seats and no minimum.

[See usage pricing →](https://flymy.ai/pricing/)

## More Web research MCPs

Search the web, read pages, run a real browser and pull structured data.

### Tavily

Real-time web search & extraction

6 actions / no key

Link: https://flymy.ai/mcp/tavily/

### Browser Use

Browser Use Cloud - run real browser tasks on browser-use.com

14 actions / no key

Link: https://flymy.ai/mcp/browser-use/

### Akta

Private-company data & news signals - enrichment, headcount, reviews, jobs, traffic

14 actions / no key

Link: https://flymy.ai/mcp/akta/

### Hacker News

Hacker News is a tech-focused news aggregator by Y Combinator, featuring user-submitted stories and discussions on startups, programming, and emerging trends

6 actions / no key

Link: https://flymy.ai/mcp/hackernews/

### Firecrawl

Firecrawl web scraping to clean agent-ready data: scrape a page to markdown or JSON, crawl a site, map its urls, search the web

13 actions / no key

Link: https://flymy.ai/mcp/firecrawl/

### Agentql

AgentQL is a suite of tools designed to connect AI agents to the web, enabling web interaction and structured data extraction through a specialized query...

3 actions / your API key

Link: https://flymy.ai/mcp/agentql/

## Go to the source

[Google Maps Platform in the docs →](https://docs.flymy.ai/mcp/googlemaps), [Google Maps Platform connection settings →](https://app.flymy.ai/mcp-configs#googlemaps), [Every MCP in the catalog →](https://flymy.ai/mcp/#catalog), [Usage pricing →](https://flymy.ai/pricing/)

From the FlyMy.AI platform catalog of 2026-11-03: name, description, actions and setup as the platform lists them. Examples are requests to paste, not recorded runs.

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