I built a Google Maps MCP server with 15 tools — the official one is deprecated and only had 7

The original @modelcontextprotocol/server-google-maps from Anthropic is unmaintained and uses the legacy Places API. I built a replacement that covers significantly more of the Google Maps Platform.

15 tools across three categories:

Places: places_geocode, places_details, places_text_search, places_nearby_search, places_autocomplete, places_photos, places_address_validation, places_timezone

Routes: routes_compute, routes_matrix, routes_optimize (waypoint ordering)

Maps: maps_static_map, maps_embed_url, maps_street_view, maps_elevation

What makes it different from other community servers:

• Uses the new Places API — no legacy deprecation warnings
• routes_optimize for multi-stop route ordering (rare in MCP servers)
• places_address_validation and places_timezone — most servers skip these
• HTTP Streamable transport with stateful sessions
• Security hardened: constant-time token comparison, session TTL, input size limits

Install:

GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=your_key MCP_AUTH_TOKEN=your_token npx mcp-server-google-maps

Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-maps": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-remote", "http://localhost:3003/mcp", "--header", "X-Api-Key: your_token"]
    }
  }
}

GitHub: https://github.com/apurvaumredkar/google-maps-mcp

npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcp-server-google-maps

Happy to answer questions. Also open to PRs if there are APIs you'd like added.