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Maps

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Variants seen in the corpus: Mapsmaps

Providers using this tag (46)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
HERELocationMappingSpatial48 APIs68.4
Strong 7 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Tomorrow.ioWeatherForecastClimateRisk2 APIs65.1EsriGeographicGeospatialGISLocation1 API64.9OpenWeatherMapWeatherForecastClimateAir Pollution12 APIs64.9positionstackGeocodingReverse GeocodingLocation1 API64.2Amazon Location ServiceGeocodingGeofencingLocation1 API58.0ZenserpSERPSearch Engine ResultsGoogle SearchWeb Scraping1 API57.4SerperSearchSERPGoogle SearchArtificial Intelligence2 APIs56.7
Developing 11 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
FeltGISGeospatialCollaborative1 API52.0Google Maps PlatformEnvironmentGeocodingGeolocation3 APIs51.1Azure MapsGeocodingGeospatialLocation11 APIs50.6NominatimGeocodingOpenStreetMapLocation Services1 API47.0MapTilerGeospatialTilesVector Tiles1 API46.1Google PlacesRestaurantGeolocationGoogleLocations1 API44.4Library of CongressLibraryGovernmentCongressLegislative Data2 APIs43.4Stadia MapsMappingGeocodingRouting1 API43.3TomTomTrafficTransportationNavigation4 APIs42.0MapboxMappingGeospatialLocation12 APIs41.8RadarLocationGeocodingGeofencing1 API41.4
Thin 12 Limited public surface area
OpenTripMapTravelPoints of InterestPOITourism1 API38.8Jawg MapsGeospatialTilesGeocoding1 API38.5CARTOCompanyDeveloper ToolsLocation IntelligenceGeospatial1 API38.2OlaRidesharingTransportationGeocoding5 APIs36.8WindyWeatherForecastWebcams1 API36.7MapQuestGeocodingMappingNavigation10 APIs36.1GeofabrikOpenStreetMapGeospatialGIS1 API35.9ProtomapsTilesGeospatialPMTiles3 APIs34.9KakaoMessagingNavigationPayments1 API33.2what3wordsGeocodingAddressingLocationThree Word Address1 API32.4RadarLocationGeocodingGeofencingRouting1 API27.9Blassa Inc.CompanyLocation IntelligenceGeocodingAddress Verification26.9
Emerging 10 Early or largely undocumented
GeoapifyGeocodingGeospatialLocation1 API25.4Overpass APIOpenStreetMapGeographicSpatialGIS1 API23.9WazeCompanyMobilityNavigation4 APIs22.8Overture Maps FoundationGeospatialOpen DataGeoParquet11 APIs20.2BaiduCompanyTechnologyArtificial IntelligenceMachine-Learning2 APIs19.6NaverSearchTranslationCloud Platform18 APIs17.7BeelineCompanyNavigationCyclingMotorcycle15.1BikemapCompanyCyclingNavigation14.4Rever MotoCompanyMotorcycleNavigationGPS Tracking12.7Overture Maps FoundationGeospatialLinux FoundationOpen Data1 API11.4
Minimal 5 Almost no public developer surface
AtmosfyCompanyVideoLocation10.2GeopipeCompany3DDigital TwinsGeospatial9.3RexbyCompanyTravelTravel Guides9.2AllTrailsCompanyOutdoor RecreationTrailsHiking5.0GowallaCompanyConsumerLocationSocial5.0

APIs with this tag (84)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 6 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Microsoft Azure Maps APIThe Maps API from Microsoft Azure — 1 operation(s) for maps.73.3HERE Map Attributes APIHERE Map Attributes API — 23 operation(s) across 20 path(s), OpenAPI 3.0.2 version 8.3.3, harvested verbati...68.4HERE Map Image API v3HERE Map Image API v3 — 11 operation(s) across 10 path(s), OpenAPI 3.0.2 version 3.0.4, harvested verbatim ...68.4HERE Map Tile APIRaster, vector, satellite, and hybrid map tiles served via tile and style endpoints, including the HERE Vec...68.4HERE Maps API for JavaScriptBrowser SDK for embedding interactive maps, routing, search, and traffic visualizations in web applications.68.4HERE Raster Tile API v3HERE Raster Tile API v3 — 9 operation(s) across 9 path(s), OpenAPI 3.0.2 version 3.0.4, harvested verbatim ...68.4
Strong 8 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Tomorrow.io Maps APIWeb Mercator tile service for weather layers.65.1Esri ArcGIS Platform APIThe Esri ArcGIS Platform API is a set of REST APIs and SDKs from Esri, provider of the ArcGIS GIS suite. It...64.9First Street Maps APIThe Maps API from First Street — 1 operation(s) for maps.59.1Second Life Map APIEmbeds an interactive map of the Second Life world into a web page. A Leaflet-based JavaScript component (S...59.1Amazon Location Service Maps APIMap resource management58.0Serper Maps APIMaps and location search56.7Apple Maps Server APIServer-side geocoding, reverse geocoding, search, and estimated time of arrival using Apple Maps.55.1MapKit JSEmbed interactive Apple Maps on websites.55.1
Developing 42 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Felt JavaScript SDKJavaScript SDK for embedding, controlling, and extending Felt maps in external web applications. Supports t...52.0Felt Maps APIMaps are the centerpiece of Felt. With these APIs, you can create, retrieve, update, delete, move, and dupl...52.0Google Maps for FlutterAdd Google Maps to Flutter applications across Android, iOS, and web platforms.51.1Maps Embed APIPlace an interactive map or Street View panorama on a web page with a simple HTTP request and no JavaScript...51.1Maps SDK for AndroidAdd maps to Android and Wear OS applications with customizable markers, polylines, and user interaction sup...51.1Maps SDK for iOSAdd maps to iOS applications with automatic server access, map display, and gesture handling.51.1Maps Static APIEmbed a Google Maps image on a web page using a simple HTTP request with no JavaScript required.51.1Google Maps Android APIAdd maps, location, and geospatial data to Android applications.49.8Google Play Services APIsAPIs for integrating Google services into Android apps.49.8Google Address Validation APIThe Google Address Validation API standardizes, validates, and enriches postal addresses by checking them a...48.4Google Aggregate Places APIThe Google Places Aggregate API delivers aggregated insightssuch as the count or list of Place IDsfor place...48.4Google Air Quality APIThe Google Air Quality API allows applications to access real-time, historical, and forecasted air quality ...48.4Google Elevation APIThe Google Elevation API provides elevation data for specific locations on the Earth's surface, including h...48.4Google Geocoding APIThe Google Geocoding API converts addresses into geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) and vice v...48.4Google Geolocation APIThe Google Geolocation API determines a devices approximate location based on nearby cell towers, Wi-Fi nod...48.4Google Map Tiles APIThe Map Tiles API provides high-resolution Photorealistic 3D Tiles, 2D Tiles, and Street View Tiles for bui...48.4Google Maps APICreate real-world, real-time experiences with the latest Maps, Routes, and Places features from Google Maps...48.4Google Places Insights APIThe Google Places Insights API (now generally known as the Places Aggregate API) provides aggregated intell...48.4Google Pollen APIThe Google Pollen API provides localized pollen informationincluding daily forecasts, pollen levels by plan...48.4Google Roads APIThe Google Roads API provides snap-to-road functionality that maps GPS coordinates to road geometry, identi...48.4Google Route Optimization APIThe Route Optimization API generates optimized route plans for single or multiple vehicles and their stops,...48.4Google Routes APIThe Google Routes API calculates routes between locations, providing directions, distances, travel times, a...48.4Google Solar APIThe Google Solar API delivers solar potential data for buildings, including rooftop geometry, shading, sunl...48.4Google Street View Imagery APIThe Google Street View Imagery API lets developers embed and display interactive 360-degree panoramic image...48.4Google Time Zone APIThe Google Time Zone API provides time zone information for a given location, including the standard time o...48.4Google Weather APIThe Google Weather API delivers hyperlocal, real-time weather dataincluding current conditions, hourly and ...48.4INRIX Data Download ServiceQueries and downloads static INRIX data deliverables organized by product, dataset and file - beginning wit...48.2INRIX Gateway Map Version APIReports the current INRIX map and XD network version in use, so consumers can align segment identifiers wit...48.2INRIX Traffic Tiles APIPre-rendered raster traffic tiles for map overlays, addressed by quadkey and rendered from live INRIX speed...48.2DroneDeploy Maps and Exports APIGenerate and retrieve map exports from a MapPlan. The confirmed `createExport(input CreateExportInput!)` mu...48.1Lokki Maps APIThe Maps API from Lokki — 2 operation(s) for maps.48.1Akamai Maps APIManage your Site Shield maps.47.0GT Places APICampus place data — buildings, offices, categories and community tags with names, addresses, phone numbers,...46.8MapTiler Maps APIThe Maps API from MapTiler — 8 operation(s) for maps.46.1MapTiler Static maps APIThe Static maps API from MapTiler — 3 operation(s) for static maps.46.1ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Maps APIThe Maps API from ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology — 1 operation(s) for maps.44.7CARTO Maps APIServes vector tables, SQL-query-backed tilesets, tileset sources, and raster/H3/quadbin tilesets for visual...44.3Juniper Networks Maps APIFloorplan and map management43.0Juniper Networks Maps APIFloor plan and map management for site RF planning.43.0TomTom AutoStream APITomTom AutoStream is a map data delivery platform optimized for on-demand and over-the-air cloud-to-device ...42.0Canada Health Infoway Maps APIAPIs for accessing map data41.7UF Campus Map JSON DataJSON datasets backing the UF interactive campus map — building footprints, bus stops, dining locations, par...39.9
Thin 17 Limited public surface area
Airbus OneAtlas Maps APIThe Maps API from Airbus OneAtlas — 1 operation(s) for maps.38.4OneAtlas Basemap APIOneAtlas Basemap API is a geospatial service that provides access to high-resolution satellite imagery and ...38.4Nomic Atlas APIREST API for the Nomic Atlas platform. Exposes endpoints for creating and managing datasets, building 2D se...37.8Ola Maps APIOla Maps is an AI-powered geospatial platform providing routing, geocoding, places search, and map visualiz...36.8MapQuest Icons APIThe MapQuest Icons API serves customizable map marker icons for use with MapQuest static and interactive maps.36.1MapQuest Static Map APIThe MapQuest Static Map API returns a map image based on specified parameters including center, zoom, size,...36.1NavigaTUMSearch and navigation API for TUM rooms, buildings and places — a Rust service over MeiliSearch, fully unau...36.0MeteoSource Air Quality Data API Maps APITile-based weather and pollution maps.35.0Protomaps Basemap DownloadsDaily OpenStreetMap planet builds in PMTiles format available for download and self-hosting. Provides the f...34.9Protomaps Hosted Tile APICDN-backed hosted basemap tile API serving OpenStreetMap-derived vector tiles in MVT format. Provides Style...34.9KakaoMap Web / JavaScript SDKKakaoMap exposes Korean tile maps, markers, overlays, static maps, and roadview / panorama services for web...33.2Garmin Custom Maps APISpecification for creating KMZ-based custom maps that load on Garmin outdoor handhelds and fitness watches ...31.6Garmin Navionics Marine Charts and MapsWeb API and iOS/Android mobile SDK for embedding Navionics marine cartography — HD contour depth data, spot...31.6InfluxDB Maps APIThe Maps API from InfluxDB — 1 operation(s) for maps.31.4Perenual Maps APIHardiness map data28.9Gather Maps APIRead and write the map/room data of a space27.3Hazelcast Maps APIDistributed map operations under /hazelcast/rest/maps.26.4
Emerging 10 Early or largely undocumented
Map Tiles APIRetrieve map tiles for various types and styles.25.4Static Maps APIGenerate static map images for embedding in applications.25.4Overpass APIRead-only API for querying OpenStreetMap data. Supports retrieval of nodes, ways, relations, and areas usin...23.9Waze iFrame (Live Map)Embeddable client-side component that renders the interactive Waze Live Map inside a web page via an , with...22.8Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Maps APIThe Maps API from Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) — 4 operation(s) for maps.21.6Baidu Maps Open PlatformLBS web-service API: geocoding, reverse geocoding, place/POI search, route planning, weather, IP location, ...19.6Naver Cloud Platform Maps APINaver Cloud Platform Maps exposes geocoding, reverse geocoding, directions (driving / walking / public tran...17.7Naver Maps (Web) APIThe Naver Maps Web API embeds Korean street-level mapping, markers, polylines, and geocoding in third-party...17.7Amazon Web Services Maps APIThe Maps API from Amazon Web Services — 7 operation(s) for maps.17.4Overture Maps Foundation APIAPI for accessing Overture Maps Foundation open map datasets including places, buildings, transportation ne...11.4
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
Circle K Store LocatorCircle K store locator for finding stores by ZIP code, city, or geolocation with filters for services such ...9.9

Companies reaching this through an API (29)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Maps” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Airbus OneAtlas Akamai Amazon Web Services Android Apple Canada Health Infoway Carto Circle K DroneDeploy ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology First Street Garmin Gather Georgia Institute of Technology Google Hazelcast InfluxDB INRIX Juniper Networks Linden Lab Lokki MeteoSource Air Quality Data API Microsoft Azure Nomic AI Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Perenual Technical University of Munich University of Florida Zartico

Score breakdown

Frequency
59.4
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
1.3
spread across providers
Quality lift
40.5
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
14.8
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Tiles 14 co-occurrences Geocoding 24 co-occurrences Routing 19 co-occurrences Places 13 co-occurrences Navigation 15 co-occurrences Location 22 co-occurrences Geolocation 13 co-occurrences Traffic 8 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Api tag86
Provider tag46
Openapi tag20
Openapi op tag56

Cohort brief

Auto-generated

The 46 providers in the APIs.io catalog tagged Maps, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers
46
all scored
Mean Kin Score
35.7
+11.8 vs catalog 23.9
Mean Agent Readiness
19.2
+7.2 vs catalog 12
Spread
5–68.4
median 36.8 · σ 17.7
How the 46 split by band
Exemplar 1Strong 7Developing 11Thin 12Emerging 10Minimal 5
Facet averages, against the whole catalog
FacetThis cohortCatalogDifferenceScored
Contract Quality 38.3 19.8 +18.5 46
Access Clarity 41 26.5 +14.5 46
Operational Transparency 26.2 14 +12.2 46
Developer Ergonomics 33.4 23.4 +10 46
Discoverability 67.4 61.2 +6.2 46
Contract Governance 9 6.4 +2.6 46

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes
ArtifactThis cohortCatalogDifference
MCP server (any) 17% 10% +7
MCP server (first-party) 24% 13% +11
Agent Skills 0% 0% 0
OAuth scopes 11% 11% 0
Security 100% 97% +3
Arazzo workflows 11% 2% +9
Governance rules 35% 14% +21

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score
  1. 1 HERE 68.4
  2. 2 Tomorrow.io 65.1
  3. 3 Esri 64.9
  4. 4 OpenWeatherMap 64.9
  5. 5 positionstack 64.2
  6. 6 Amazon Location Service 58
  7. 7 Zenserp 57.4
  8. 8 Serper 56.7
  9. 9 Felt 52
  10. 10 Google Maps Platform 51.1
Top by Agent Readiness
  1. 1 HERE 55.9
  2. 2 Esri 53
  3. 3 Felt 35.4
  4. 4 TomTom 35.2
  5. 5 Zenserp 33.3
  6. 6 Google Places 32.7
  7. 7 Tomorrow.io 32.6
  8. 8 Serper 30.3
  9. 9 Geoapify 30
  10. 10 Google Maps Platform 29.4
All 46 members of this roster resolve to a scored provider in the catalog.Generated from the catalog build of 15 September 2026, across 27661 providers, using the same computation served by the APIs.io cohort API. Briefs are published for rosters of 5 or more scored providers; below that a distribution is not meaningful.

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