Maps Solutions: Provide Local Information

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Use cases

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 Advanced markers 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.

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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

A listing for a home on the Homesearch app

Easily create custom interactive markers

Change the color, background, icon, and outline of the Google Maps red pin, and create custom markers with SVGs, PNGs or HTML elements. Do it all directly in your code, with no image needed.

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Map using advanced markers to show hotel costs in a city

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

Helpful features

Data-driven styling

Display and style Google’s polygons using both your own business data and data from Google. Save developer resources by letting Google curate and manage your data for you.

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Advanced markers

Create highly customized, more performant markers that provide a richer user experience, showcase your brand, and save developer time and resources.

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Industry-optimized map styles

Customize pre-configured, optimized maps for the travel, real estate, retail, and logistics industries.

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Products built for local information

2D Map Tiles

Design interfaces and interactions unique to your brand and design requirements, and customize your visualizations.

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Aerial View

Delight your users with pre-rendered, 3D cinematic video of points of interest and their surroundings.

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API

Custom map of Manhattan with a variety of locations

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

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Maps Datasets

Upload, store, and manage your geospatial data to the Google Cloud console to use with Google Maps Platform APIs.

API

Photorealistic 3D Tiles

Build immersive 3D mapping experiences with our highly-customizable development platform.

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API

Street View Tiles

Use images taken from street level and tile metadata to create powerful, immersive experiences.

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API

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

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 the user’s location, text query, phone number, or search string. Includes Find Place.

API JS

Air Quality

Reduce users’ exposure to air pollution with air quality data and insights.

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API

Pollen

Improve daily life for allergy sufferers with up-to-date information on different types and levels of pollen.

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Solar

Use advanced data and imagery to create more advanced solar array designs and proposals, while eliminating costly site visits.

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API

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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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