MCP Google Maps

🚀 MCP Google Maps

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Google Maps functionality, providing features such as place search, geocoding, and route planning through the MCP interface.

🚀 Quick Start

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Google Maps functionality, providing features such as place search, geocoding, and route planning through the MCP interface.

✨ Features

• Place search
• Place details
• Geocoding and reverse geocoding
• Distance matrix
• Route planning
• Elevation data
• Static map generation

📦 Installation

First, install the package globally:

npm install -g mcp-google-maps

You can test whether the MCP server is working properly by running the following command:

npx mcp-google-maps

📚 Documentation

MCP Configuration

To use this service in your MCP client, add the following to your MCP configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "google-maps": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": ["-y", "mcp-google-maps"],
            "env": {
                "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here",
                "DEFAULT_LANGUAGE": "en",
                "DEFAULT_REGION": "US",
                "MAX_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND": "50",
                "MAX_REQUESTS_PER_DAY": "100000",
                "ENABLE_CACHING": "true",
                "CACHE_TTL": "3600"
            },
            "enabled": true
        }
    }
}

Available MCP Commands

The commands available through the MCP interface are as follows:

• search_nearby: Search for nearby places
• get_place_details: Get detailed information about a specific place
• get_geocode: Convert an address to coordinates
• get_reverse_geocode: Convert coordinates to an address
• get_distance_matrix: Calculate the distances between multiple origins and destinations
• get_directions: Get route planning between two points
• get_elevation: Get elevation data for a location
• generate_static_map: Generate a static map image

📄 License

MIT

👨‍💻 Author

artixz