# Grounding Lite MCP Server

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/grounding-lite-mcp-server/  
**Provider:** Google Maps Platform — https://apis.io/providers/google-maps/  
**Base URL:** https://mapstools.googleapis.com/mcp  
**Documentation:** https://developers.google.com/maps/ai/maps-experience-agent-tools

Grounding Lite MCP Server is one of 52 APIs that [Google Maps Platform](https://apis.io/providers/google-maps/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include MCP, Artificial Intelligence, Agents, and Places. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

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

## Other Google Maps Platform APIs (12)

- [Maps SDK for Android](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/maps-sdk-for-android/)
- [Maps SDK for iOS](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/maps-sdk-for-ios/)
- [Google Maps for Flutter](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/google-maps-for-flutter/)
- [Navigation SDK for Android](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/navigation-sdk-for-android/)
- [Navigation SDK for iOS](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/navigation-sdk-for-ios/)
- [Navigation for Flutter and React Native](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/navigation-for-flutter-and-react-native/)
- [Places API](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/places-api/)
- [Places SDK for Android](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/places-sdk-for-android/)
- [Places SDK for iOS](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/places-sdk-for-ios/)
- [Distance Matrix API](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/distance-matrix-api/)
- [Roads API](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/roads-api/)
- [Routes API](https://apis.io/apis/google-maps/routes-api/)

## Tags

MCP, Artificial Intelligence, Agents, Places

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