Google Maps Platform APIs providing geocoding, directions, distance matrix, elevation, timezone, and place search. Best for location-aware workflows needing the broadest coverage of geo services — address resolution, route planning, nearby place discovery, and travel time estimation. The most comprehensive geo API suite — unlike Geocodio (U.S.-focused geocoding) or Nominatim (OSM-based), Google Maps offers global coverage with commercial-grade accuracy.
10 endpoints available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the Google Maps API docs for full documentation.
Supports both managed (Lava’s API keys) and unmanaged (bring your own credentials) mode.
Endpoints Google Maps geocode GET https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json — $0.005 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json' , { method: 'GET' });
curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fgeocode%2Fjson" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY "
Google Maps directions GET https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json — $0.005 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json' , { method: 'GET' });
curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fdirections%2Fjson" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY "
Google Maps distancematrix GET https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json — $0.005 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json' , { method: 'GET' });
curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fdistancematrix%2Fjson" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY "
Google Maps elevation GET https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/elevation/json — $0.005 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/elevation/json' , { method: 'GET' });
curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Felevation%2Fjson" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY "
Google Maps timezone GET https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/timezone/json — $0.005 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/timezone/json' , { method: 'GET' });
curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Ftimezone%2Fjson" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY "
Google Maps place/textsearch GET https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json — $0.032 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json' , { method: 'GET' });
curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fplace%2Ftextsearch%2Fjson" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY "
Google Maps place/nearbysearch GET https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json — $0.032 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json' , { method: 'GET' });
curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fplace%2Fnearbysearch%2Fjson" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY "
Google Maps place/details GET https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json — $0.017 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json' , { method: 'GET' });
curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fplace%2Fdetails%2Fjson" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY "
Google Maps place/autocomplete GET https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json — $0.003 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json' , { method: 'GET' });
curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fplace%2Fautocomplete%2Fjson" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY "
Google Maps place/findplacefromtext GET https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/findplacefromtext/json — $0.017 / requestconst data = await lava . gateway ( 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/findplacefromtext/json' , { method: 'GET' });
curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fplace%2Ffindplacefromtext%2Fjson" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY "
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