What problem does it solve?
Maps turns place names, coordinates, and neighborhood queries into actionable location intelligence, like addresses, nearby points of interest, travel distance, and turn-by-turn routes.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Geocoding & reverse geocoding: Convert a place name to coordinates and convert coordinates back into a readable address.
- Nearby POIs search: Find restaurants, hospitals, pharmacies, hotels, and many other categories using OpenStreetMap/Overpass.
- Routing & travel time: Use OSRM to calculate distance/duration and generate step-by-step directions, plus timezone lookup for coordinates.
- Area & bounding box search: Use an area bounding box to search POIs within a geographic rectangle.
Quick Start
Ask for nearby places by giving either a coordinate pair from a location pin or a place name, for example: "Find restaurants near Times Square within 500 meters and show the closest 10 results."