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Google Maps

Converts raw addresses into precise coordinates, calculates travel times for field teams, and maps nearby points of interest directly into your operational workflows.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Google Maps integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Google Maps calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Google Maps data, across all 19 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Google Maps access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Google Maps, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Google Maps is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Google Maps.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Google Maps action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Google Maps, and when to use it.

Distance Matrix
Use this when you need travel distance and time for a matrix of origins and destinations across different transport modes.
Geocode Address
Convert a physical address into geographic coordinates for use in other mapping tools.
Reverse Geocode
Pull a readable address from a set of latitude and longitude coordinates.
Place ID Lookup
Get a unique identifier for a specific location to use in subsequent API calls.
Get directions
Fetch detailed turn by turn directions between an origin and destination including waypoints.
Get Route
Calculate the best path between two locations using specific travel preferences like avoiding tolls.
Embed Google Map
Generate a map URL and HTML iframe code to display a location on a webpage without javascript.
Nearby search
Search for specific place types like restaurants or parks within a circular radius of a point.
Text Search
Query Google Maps using a natural language string to find specific businesses or landmarks.
Calculate ETA
Determine the estimated time of arrival based on current traffic conditions for a specific route.
Get Place Details
Pull full metadata for a location including phone numbers, ratings, and opening hours.
Validate Address
Check if a provided address is real and formatted correctly according to postal standards.
Geocoding, Reverse Geocoding, and Place ID Lookup
Deprecated: tool to convert addresses into geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) and vice versa (reverse geocoding), or get an address for a place id. use for finding coordinates for an address, finding an address for coordinates,

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven connects to your existing Google Cloud Project via OAuth. This means all API requests are billed directly to your Google account based on your current pricing tier. We do not add a markup to these calls. To prevent surprise bills, you can set hard quotas within the Google Cloud Console. The agent is designed to be efficient by caching place IDs and avoiding redundant calls for the same coordinates within a single workflow run. You maintain full visibility of your usage in the Google Maps Platform dashboard where you can monitor your monthly credit usage and set alerts.
When a geocoding request returns zero results, the agent does not simply fail. It enters a fallback loop where it attempts to clean the address string by removing common typos or ambiguous terms. If the address is still unresolvable, the agent flags the record in your system and can trigger a notification to a human operator to verify the details. This ensures your automation does not crash when encountering a poorly formatted address. You can customize this behavior to either skip the record or halt the entire workflow depending on how critical the location data is.
Yes, Google Maps imposes strict rate limits and payload size constraints. For example, the Distance Matrix API has a maximum number of elements per request, which is the product of origins and destinations. If your workflow exceeds these limits, the agent automatically handles the pagination and request splitting. It breaks a large list of addresses into smaller batches and introduces small delays between calls to avoid hitting the 429 Too Many Requests error. This means you can pass a list of a hundred addresses and the agent will manage the throttled execution in the background.
Ceven does not provide the GPS hardware, but it can process the data stream. If your vehicles push coordinates to a webhook or database, the agent can use the Google Maps Roads API to snap those coordinates to the road network for a smoother path. It then calculates the distance to the destination and updates the ETA. While the Google Maps API provides the data, the real time aspect comes from how frequently your hardware sends updates to Ceven. The agent then triggers the necessary notifications or updates in your CRM based on those location changes.
Absolutely. Every routing and distance call allows the agent to specify the travel mode. You can choose between driving, walking, bicycling, or transit. For driving, you can further refine the request to include traffic models, such as optimistic, pessimistic, or best guess. This is particularly useful for logistics workflows where a delivery van in a city center will have a vastly different travel time than a courier on a bike. The agent selects the mode based on the parameters you set in the workflow trigger or the metadata of the order.
We use the OAuth 2.0 standard for all connections. This means Ceven never sees or stores your Google account password. When you authorize the integration, Google provides us with a scoped access token that only allows us to call the specific APIs you have enabled in your project. These tokens are encrypted at rest using AES 256. If you ever want to stop the integration, you can revoke access instantly from the Google Account security panel. This immediately kills all active sessions and prevents any further API calls from being made by the agent.
You can use the Nearby Search and Text Search tools to find places based on Google's predefined categories like pharmacy or gym. If you need more granular filtering, the agent can pull a broad list of results and then apply a secondary filter based on the place details. For instance, if you want to find only restaurants that are open now and have a rating above four stars, the agent first fetches the list of nearby restaurants and then iterates through each one to check the current time and rating before presenting the final list to you.
The Google Maps API allows for avoiding tolls and highways through specific parameters in the route request. However, it does not currently support drawing custom polygons to avoid specific neighborhoods or zones. To achieve this, you must build the logic into the Ceven workflow. The agent can check if a proposed route intersects with a list of forbidden coordinates or zones. If a conflict is detected, the agent can attempt to add a waypoint to steer the route around the area or alert the dispatcher that the suggested path violates a company policy.

Alternatives to Google Maps

Other tools that solve a similar problem. Ceven supports these too, so you can switch or run more than one at once.

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