Google Maps APIs

Geolocation with Google Maps

Accurate global location for any connected device

Harnessing the power of location

Enterprise customers use the Google Maps Geolocation API to reimagine location-based solutions: from real-time asset tracking to corporate location compliance to IoT device management. This web service API returns the latitude and longitude of a device based on information about nearby WiFi and cell tower signals.

KEY BENEFITS

Global Coverage

The largest network of WiFi points and cell IDs ensures coverage anywhere on Earth and is constantly updated through crowdsourcing from billions of Android phones. No GPS required.

Accuracy

Advanced positioning algorithms deliver typical accuracies of 10-20 meters and excel in problematic indoor and urban environments where GPS struggles. Perfect for IoT, asset tracking, wearables, and compliance.

Google Maps integrations

The Geolocation API seamlessly integrates with other Google Maps APIs, including map visualizations, points of interest data, and advanced routing capabilities to empower end-to-end solutions.

USE CASES

Asset Tracking

Track corporate assets (fleet vehicles, mobile endpoints, devices, shipments, or packages) in order to visualize supply chains in real-time, provide roadside assistance, or maximize asset productivity.

IoT (Internet of Things)

Customize device configuration for smart home devices and the internet of things. Track industrial equipment and remote assets to improve operational efficiency, prevent theft, and plan servicing.

Wearables

Monitor fitness trackers or provide real-time navigation. Embed into tracking devices for pets, children, or relatives to enable location monitoring, emergency response, and geo-specific alerts.

Location Compliance

Geofence applications to ensure employees or customers are in an appropriate location for content consumption, mobile payments, security, or information access.

CUSTOMER STORIES

Making waste collection sustainable

"Google Maps is an essential part of the service we provide—forming the basis of user interaction with our product, and helps people quickly understand what is happening by giving them a live view of all activities."

Pirkka Palomäki

CTO, Enevo

Tracking pets anywhere in real-time

"We can track pets inside buildings using Google Maps geolocation feature, which uses WiFi to determine location. That can’t be done with most other GPS trackers which don’t use WiFi."

Damien Cantelo

Co-founder, Pod Trackers

Improving patient care

"Geolocation is at the heart of the Doctor on Demand solution... With Google Maps APIs, accurately determining the state a patient is located in before connecting them with a physician becomes seamless."

Ed Bindl

Senior Software Engineer, Doctor on Demand