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Google Maps MCP server
by HasData
Lets your AI look up places, reviews, photos and posts on Google Maps for you.
This is a helper that connects your AI assistant to Google Maps. Once it is set up, you can just ask your AI about a place, a business or a neighbourhood, and it will fetch the details for you. It is handy for anyone who spends time researching places, like sales people, travel planners or market researchers.
What is an MCP server? The 30-second version
On its own, your AI can only chat with you using what it already knows. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill or a connection to an app or service. This one connects your AI to Google Maps, so when you ask about a place, your AI can go and look it up for you. You do not need to install anything on your computer, because this helper runs online in the cloud.
What this MCP server does
You ask your AI a question about a place, a business or an area. Your AI sends that request to this helper, which is connected to Google Maps. The helper looks up the place, its details, reviews, photos or posts, and sends the results back. Your AI then turns those results into a clear answer for you in the chat. You do not need to open Google Maps yourself or set up a Google Cloud project.
What you can do with it
- Search for places and businesses by name or area
- Get details about a specific place, like its address and opening hours
- Read reviews that people have left for a place
- Look at photos connected to a place
- See posts and updates linked to a place
- Check a contributor's history on Google Maps
Try asking your AI
- “Find coffee shops near Shoreditch in London and tell me which ones have the best reviews”
- “What are the opening hours and address for the British Museum?”
- “Show me recent reviews for this restaurant and summarise what people complain about”
- “Who is the top contributor for photos of this park, and what else have they posted?”
What it gives back to you
You get answers in your chat, written in plain language by your AI. Depending on what you asked, that could be a list of places, a summary of reviews, details like addresses and hours, or links to photos and posts. The AI pulls the facts from Google Maps and presents them to you, so you do not have to dig through the site yourself.
Before you start
What you need
- An AI assistant that can connect to remote MCP servers, like the Claude desktop app
- A HasData account or API key, if the service asks for one when you connect (an API key is a kind of password for apps)
Good to know
It only reads information from Google Maps, so it should not change anything, but the details it returns can be out of date or incomplete.
Install it with your AI
Add Google Maps MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed
You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.
Sign in to get the install prompt
Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check Google Maps MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,611 MCP servers here for you.
Who it's for
Anyone who researches places for work or travel, such as sales people, travel planners, market researchers and local business owners.
