# Google Maps

Integrate Google Maps to access location data, geocoding, directions, and mapping services in your application.

Category: Developer. Connect from any Rakazo bot at https://rakazo.com/integrations/google-maps/.

## Actions

- **Distance Matrix**: Calculates travel distance and time for a matrix of origins and destinations.
- **Embed Google Map**: Generate an embeddable google map url and html iframe code.
- **Text Search** (read-only): Searches for places on google maps using a textual query (e.g., "restaurants in london", "eiffel tower").
- **Get directions** (read-only): Fetches detailed directions between an origin and a destination, supporting intermediate waypoints and various travel modes.
- **Get Route** (read-only): Calculates one or more routes between two specified locations using various travel modes and preferences.
- **Nearby search** (read-only): Searches for places (e.g., restaurants, parks) within a specified circular area, with options to filter by place types and customize the…