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Google Maps Platform

Google Maps Platform

Technology, Information and Internet

Mountain View, CA 57,153 followers

Build geospatial apps with robust APIs and SDKs, powered by global data that’s updated 100 million times daily.

About us

Over the past 20 years, mobile and location has transformed what businesses can do and how their customers experience the world. Google Maps Platform has been fortunate to play a role in this evolution. Explore how you can visualize and understand the real world with our products. Learn how we can help you immerse audiences in new ways, improve user experiences and operations, and access insights to make faster, more informed business and sustainability decisions. Create geospatial experiences and applications with robust APIs and SDKs, access insights and enable decisions with rich, analysis-ready geospatial datasets, and utilize no-code geospatial evaluation and analysis tools from Google Earth to enable faster, more holistic decision making and seamless collaboration. Go beyond the map with Google Maps Platform. Follow to get the latest news and insights, and celebrate 20 years of geospatial progress with Google Maps Platform, Google Earth and Google Earth Engine.

Website
mapsplatform.google.com
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Company size
10,001+ employees
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA

Updates

  • We are thrilled to announce that eligible organizations can now apply for Google Earth credits through the Google Maps Platform (GMP) Public Programs ➡️ https://goo.gle/4ftnI3i For decades, environmental and social benefit professionals—from conservationists protecting wildlife to public health officials improving sanitation infrastructure—have relied on Google Earth to turn planetary data into real-world action. This program is specifically tailored for organizations aligned with sustainability and public health goals. In addition to free capabilities available in our Standard plan, this credit program gives your organization expanded access to even more of Google Earth’s latest advanced web capabilities and tools, such as: - Large-Scale Data Import - Advanced Data Layers - AI-Powered Analysis Ready to Get Started? Before applying for credits, we encourage you to explore the new Google Earth plans and sign up for a free trial. If, after your trial, you would like to continue your plan you can check your organization’s eligibility and submit your application for Google Earth Credits via GMP Public Programs. Credits are valid for 12 months. Recipients must report on their impact (i.e. hectares protected, emissions reduced, or lives impacted) and can request an extension at the end of the cycle.

    • A screenshot of a GIS mapping application interface displays a satellite view of a forested region near Leverett, Massachusetts, with several data layers overlaid. The main map area features a large purple-outlined polygon for the Doolittle Brook Conservation Area containing yellow contour lines, along with labeled points for water quality and fish toxics. A left sidebar titled "Map contents" lists various active and inactive layers, including "Study Area Slope" and a "Digital elevation model," complete with their respective color-coded legends.
  • 🫱🏿🫲🏽 Meet our newest features for analyzing solar energy potential, air quality triggers, and your area's competitive landscape ➡️ https://goo.gle/45ryvq5 ☀️ Detected Arrays visualizes existing solar installations for every building on a map, so you can understand their energy potential 🤧 Pollen Insights offers four years of pollen-related datasets that let you move beyond real-time air quality monitoring to predict environmental triggers 💄 Expanded Places Insights for the US, UK, Canada, and Australia now include information on brand presence such as the locations of competitive and complementary brands Transform raw data into the spatial intelligence you need to identify and build a sustainable revenue stream.

    • An aerial view of a site shows buildings with grids of solar panels on their roofs with a bright green overlay.
  • 🕸️🎬Ready to swing into Spider-Man’s NYC? How do you bring a cinematic world to the real world? For the release of Spider-Man(TM): Brand New Day, exclusively in theaters July 31, Sony Pictures Entertainment built a map using Google Maps Platform. Read our latest blog to learn how the Maps JavaScript and Places APIs powered the immersive spideytracker.com experience to bring it to life for fans. https://goo.gle/4wf0xAZ

    • A pixelated digital interface for a "Spidey Tracker" features a world map with spider and star icons marking sightings across North and South America and Europe. The interface includes buttons for "WATCH TRAILER" and "GET TICKETS" and a scrolling banner that reads "OUR SPIDEY SIGHTINGS ON X." Logos for "MARVEL STUDIOS SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY" and "Powered by SAMSUNG Galaxy" appear at the bottom.
  • ⚡️ Turn vague human intent into fast, real-world data with the help of AI ➡️ https://goo.gle/3TckgCU In this talk from the NYC Community Day, Google Maps Platform Developer Experience engineer Ed Boiling explores how agentic AI and Google Maps APIs can abstract complex spatial queries. 💡 Learn how to combine Maps Grounding Lite with clever caching strategies to build high-speed, reactive mapping apps.

  • ↔️ Roads Management Insights is expanding! 🚛 Originally designed for the public sector, RMI (part of Earth AI) is now open to private industry — starting with roadside assistance and motor clubs ➡️ https://goo.gle/45ebhnm For dispatchers, this means "safety-aware dispatching." By analyzing live disruptions and secondary accident queues, operators can route tow technicians around dangerous high-risk zones. This expansion bridges the gap between infrastructure data and commercial fleet safety, protecting those who work on the front lines of our highways. #Logistics #FleetManagement #RoadsideAssistance

    • Aerial view of a highway.

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