Maps Solutions: Provide Local Information

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Provide local information

Help users understand what’s nearby a place so they can make easier decisions about where to shop, visit, or live.

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Nearby discovery Map-based search tools Industry maps Local area customization

Help customers discover what's nearby and decide where to stay or live

Add Google local information to your maps to help customers make more confident decisions about where to live or stay. And show properties that are close to key locations like work or public transit.

See how it worked for Scout24

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Highlight property info with map-based search

Create a map-based search tool that visualizes data on all your properties, to help customers discover new properties and make decisions easier.

See how it worked for Homesearch

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Use industry-optimized maps

Jumpstart your map creation. Easily showcase the area around your hotels and vacation rentals while ensuring your properties stand out with industry-optimized map styles for Travel, Real Estate, and Retail.

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Show off a neighborhood

Make it easy for customers to understand what the neighborhood is like around a house, apartment or hotel.

A map with markers showing points of interest in a neighborhood

Products built for local information

Dynamic Maps

Customize and style interactive maps using Cloud-based maps styling for real time updates across all devices and platforms.

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Android iOS JS

Autocomplete

Help users quickly find the exact place they’re looking for by automatically suggesting businesses and points of interest as they type.

Android iOS API JS

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Place Details

Add rich details for millions of places to your website or app.

Android iOS API

Place Search

Return a list of places like local businesses and points of interest based on user’s location, text query, phone number, or search string. Includes Find Place.

API JS

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Learn how Rome2rio provides local information to travelers

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We have around 24 billion items of information on more than 28 million properties. With Google Maps Platform, we can let customers display that data in a clear, easily understood geographical context. It’s so quick and simple to use that customers can search in a much freer way than before.

Giles Ellwood CEO and Founder, Homesearch

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