MCP server

Google Maps

MCP

Reference Google Maps MCP. Places and directions.

@modelcontextprotocol/server-google-maps. Geocode and search with a key you issue in Cloud Console.

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claude_desktop_config.json

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

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Spec

What the server actually exposes.

geocode
read
An address to a point.
place_search
read
Places matching a query.
directions
read
A route between two points.

Tool	Does	Access
geocode	An address to a point.	read
place_search	Places matching a query.	read
directions	A route between two points.	read

Guardrails

Credentials stay in env
Read-first unless a write tool is called
Official package, not a wrapper

google-maps-mcp.mcp/tools

Tools

geocode
An address to a point.
read
place_search
Places matching a query.
read
directions
A route between two points.
read

Last call

{ "ok": true,
  "tool": "geocode",
  "rows": 12 }

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