Google Maps Grounding Lite MCP for location search, weather, and routes via mcporter.
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Google Maps Grounding Lite MCP provides AI-grounded location data. Experimental (pre-GA), free during preview.
gcloud beta services enable mapstools.googleapis.comexport GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"mcporter config add grounding-lite \ --url https://mapstools.googleapis.com/mcp \ --header "X-Goog-Api-Key=$GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY" \ --system
# Search places mcporter call grounding-lite.search_places textQuery="pizza near Times Square NYC"Weather
mcporter call grounding-lite.lookup_weather location='{"address":"San Francisco, CA"}' unitsSystem=IMPERIAL
Routes
mcporter call grounding-lite.compute_routes origin='{"address":"SF"}' destination='{"address":"LA"}' travelMode=DRIVE
List tools
mcporter list grounding-lite --schema
search_places:
textQuerylocationBiaslanguageCoderegionCodelookup_weather:
locationunitsSystemdatehourcompute_routes:
origindestinationtravelModeNo automatic installation available. Please visit the source repository for installation instructions.
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