# Google Maps Find Place from Text

> Google Maps Find Place from Text is a paid API for AI agents from Google Maps at googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz, paid per call via MPP, $0.017/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12, last successful call 2026-07-15).

Search for a place on Google Maps using a text query and return structured place data including location, name, and metadata.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz/maps/place/findplacefromtext/json?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.017/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Last successful call: 2026-07-15
- Success rate: 100% of calls made through Zero
- Rating: 3.0 / 5 from 2 reviews
- Activations on Zero: 8
- Provider: Google Maps
- Docs: https://developers.google.com/maps
- Website: https://developers.google.com/maps
- Tags: maps, google, geocoding, directions, places, routes, tiles, weather, air-quality, solar, roads, pollen, geolocation, aerial, validation, data
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-maps-json-e9017e7d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2ECZrAKdsHGfAkgEwokI3

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability google-maps-json-e9017e7d
```

Example prompt: Can you find 'Eiffel Tower, Paris' on Google Maps and give me its place ID and coordinates?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you have a freeform text name or description of a place (business name, landmark, address) and need to resolve it to a structured Google Maps place with coordinates and a place ID. Prefer this over geocoding when searching by business name or when you need place metadata beyond coordinates.

## Known failure modes

- ZERO_RESULTS: no place found matching the text query
- INVALID_REQUEST: missing required parameters like input or inputtype
- REQUEST_DENIED: invalid or missing API key
- OVER_DAILY_LIMIT: quota exceeded
- OVER_QUERY_LIMIT: rate limit hit
- NOT_FOUND: the referenced place cannot be found

## How this service works

Find a place from text

## Output

Returns a list of candidate places matching the text query, each with requested fields such as place ID, name, geometry (lat/lng), formatted address, and business status. Includes a status field indicating success or failure.

## Example request

```json
{
 "size": "400x400",
 "pitch": "0",
 "heading": "0",
 "location": "40.7128,-74.0060"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-maps-json-e9017e7d/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz/llms.txt)