Maps Platform Web Services

E72803

Google Maps API suite HTTP-based API web service API

Maps Platform Web Services is a suite of HTTP-based Google Maps APIs that let developers integrate mapping, routing, geocoding, and related location-based functionality into web and server applications.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Google Maps Directions API	2
Google Directions API	1
Google Maps Platform web services	1
Maps JavaScript API	1
Maps Platform Geocoding Services	1
Maps Platform Routes Library	1
Maps Platform Web Services canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T576899 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maps Platform Web Services
Context triple: [Google Maps, supportsAPI, Maps Platform Web Services]

A. Maps Static API
Maps Static API is a Google Maps web service that lets developers embed simple, non-interactive map images into web pages or applications via HTTP requests.
B. Bing Maps
Bing Maps is Microsoft's web-based mapping and navigation service offering road maps, aerial imagery, directions, and location-based search.
C. MapQuest
MapQuest is an early online mapping and driving directions service that became one of the first widely used web-based navigation tools.
D. Maps Platform Mobile SDKs
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs are Google’s software development kits that enable developers to integrate interactive maps, location services, and related geospatial features into mobile applications on platforms like Android and iOS.
E. Roads API
Roads API is a Google Maps web service that lets developers identify, snap to, and analyze road segments and paths based on GPS coordinates.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maps Platform Web Services
Target entity description: Maps Platform Web Services is a suite of HTTP-based Google Maps APIs that let developers integrate mapping, routing, geocoding, and related location-based functionality into web and server applications.

A. Maps Static API
Maps Static API is a Google Maps web service that lets developers embed simple, non-interactive map images into web pages or applications via HTTP requests.
B. Bing Maps
Bing Maps is Microsoft's web-based mapping and navigation service offering road maps, aerial imagery, directions, and location-based search.
C. MapQuest
MapQuest is an early online mapping and driving directions service that became one of the first widely used web-based navigation tools.
D. Maps Platform Mobile SDKs
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs are Google’s software development kits that enable developers to integrate interactive maps, location services, and related geospatial features into mobile applications on platforms like Android and iOS.
E. Roads API
Roads API is a Google Maps web service that lets developers identify, snap to, and analyze road segments and paths based on GPS coordinates.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Google Maps API suite ⓘ HTTP-based API ⓘ web service API ⓘ
accessMethod	REST-style HTTP requests ⓘ
authenticationMethod	API key in request URL or header ⓘ
category	location-based services API ⓘ mapping API ⓘ
developedBy	Google ⓘ
developerOf	mapping functionality for applications ⓘ
documentationAt	https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation ⓘ
integratesWith	Google Cloud Platform billing ⓘ linked to: Google Cloud
offers	pay-as-you-go pricing ⓘ usage quotas ⓘ
ownedBy	Google LLC ⓘ linked to: Google
partOf	Google Maps Platform ⓘ linked to: Google Maps
provides	distance calculation services ⓘ elevation data services ⓘ geocoding services ⓘ mapping services ⓘ places search services ⓘ reverse geocoding services ⓘ routing services ⓘ static map images ⓘ street view imagery ⓘ time zone data services ⓘ
requires	API key ⓘ
supports	JSON responses ⓘ XML responses ⓘ backend services ⓘ server applications ⓘ web applications ⓘ
supportsFeature	international address geocoding ⓘ language localization of results ⓘ traffic-aware routing (via Directions API) ⓘ travel mode selection (driving, walking, bicycling, transit) ⓘ waypoints in routes ⓘ
targetUser	software developers ⓘ
usedFor	address geocoding ⓘ coordinate reverse geocoding ⓘ distance matrix calculations ⓘ elevation lookup ⓘ location-based functionality integration ⓘ place autocomplete ⓘ place details retrieval ⓘ route planning ⓘ static map rendering ⓘ time zone lookup ⓘ
usesProtocol	HTTP ⓘ HTTPS ⓘ