Google Maps Platform

Grounding Lite MCP Server

Google's remote Model Context Protocol server (Maps Experience agent tools) exposing search_places, lookup_weather, compute_routes, resolve_names and resolve_maps_urls to LLM agents, authenticated with an API key (X-Goog-Api-Key) or OAuth.

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Documentation
https://developers.google.com/maps/ai/grounding-lite
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APIReference
https://developers.google.com/maps/ai/grounding-lite/reference/mcp

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Grounding Lite MCP Server
description: Google's remote Model Context Protocol server (Maps Experience agent tools) exposing search_places,
  lookup_weather, compute_routes, resolve_names and resolve_maps_urls to LLM agents, authenticated with
  an API key (X-Goog-Api-Key) or OAuth.
humanURL: https://developers.google.com/maps/ai/maps-experience-agent-tools
baseURL: https://mapstools.googleapis.com/mcp
tags:
- MCP
- Artificial Intelligence
- Agents
- Places
tags_raw:
- MCP
- AI
- Agents
- Places
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/maps/ai/grounding-lite
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.google.com/maps/ai/grounding-lite/reference/mcp
aid: google-maps:grounding-lite-mcp-server