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How to connect Google Maps MCP with ChatGPT

Connect ChatGPT to Google Maps MCP. Find walking directions from your hotel to conference center, show top-rated coffee shops near your location, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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How to connect Google Maps MCP with ChatGPT

ChatGPT can take action across your apps and files, stay with a project for hours, and turn a goal into finished materials like sheets, slides, and docs, not just answers.

In this guide, I will explain the easiest and most secure way to connect your Google Maps account to ChatGPT via Composio Connect, so it can find walking directions from your hotel to conference center, show top-rated coffee shops near your location, embed a map of downtown restaurants on your website through natural language commands without ever putting your account credentials at risk.

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Why use Composio over default connectors?

  • Apps with read and write access. Default connectors mostly can read your data. Composio's Google Maps integration lets ChatGPT take actions like creating drafts, sending updates, labeling records, and more.
  • 1,500+ SaaS toolkits out of the box. Composio gives you instant access to a vast catalog of pre-built connectors, from Gmail and Slack to Notion, Linear, and Salesforce.
  • One MCP server for every app. Connect any of your applications on demand through a single endpoint, rather than juggling a separate server for each app.
  • Smart, context-aware tool loading. Unlike traditional MCP servers that dump every available tool into the LLM context window, Composio searches for and loads only the tools relevant to the task at hand.
  • Cross-app automation. Chain actions across multiple apps in a single run - fetch a thread, summarize it in Notion, and post highlights to Slack without leaving the conversation.

Prerequisites

  • A ChatGPT account. We will use the ChatGPT desktop app, and the steps are the same on the web.
  • Access to the Google Maps workspace you want to connect.
  • Composio plugin.

Note: Composio connects through OAuth. You will be asked to sign in and approve specific permissions. Review the permission screen carefully if you are using a work account.

Step-by-step: Connect Google Maps to ChatGPT

1. Install the Composio plugin

Click the button. ChatGPT opens the Composio plugin page. Click Install plugin.

Install in ChatGPT

Composio plugin page in ChatGPT with the Install plugin button

You can also find it inside ChatGPT: go to Settings, open Plugins, search the marketplace for Composio, and click Install plugin.

2. Authenticate

After you install, ChatGPT asks you to authenticate with Composio. Log in and click Allow access to authorize ChatGPT to use your Composio account.

Composio login and Allow access screen for ChatGPT

3. Start using Composio

That is it. Composio tools are now available in ChatGPT. Type @Composio followed by your request, for example @Composio find unread Google Maps messages and summarize them, and it will run the actions you authorize. On first use it asks you to authorize Google Maps.

Option 2: Add Composio as an MCP server

If you cannot use the plugin marketplace, add Composio as a custom MCP server instead.

1. Open the MCP settings

In ChatGPT, go to Settings and open the Plugins section. Inside the Plugins page, click the MCP tab.

ChatGPT settings showing the Plugins page with the MCP tab selected

2. Add the server

Click Add server. In the Name field enter Composio, for Type select Streamable HTTP, and in the URL field paste the Composio MCP server URL:

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ChatGPT Add server dialog with the name Composio, type Streamable HTTP, and the Composio MCP URL

Then click Save. The Composio server now appears in your MCP plugins list.

ChatGPT Plugins page showing the Composio MCP server added to the list

3. Authenticate

Click Authenticate on the Composio entry, log in via Composio, and click Allow access. Composio tools are then available in ChatGPT the same way as with the plugin.

What you can do after connecting Google Maps

  • Find walking directions from your hotel to conference center
  • Show top-rated coffee shops near your location
  • Embed a map of downtown restaurants on your website
  • Calculate travel time from office to airport during rush hour

Security + privacy notes (important)

  • Use least-privilege access: Only grant permissions you actually need.
  • Review OAuth permissions before approving: Make sure requested scopes match what you expect Composio and ChatGPT to do.
  • Keep write actions human-reviewed: For actions like sending messages, creating labels, or editing drafts, keep manual confirmation enabled.
  • Be careful with sensitive data: Avoid using this setup with highly sensitive information unless allowed by your personal, company, or client policies.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Google Maps action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Autocomplete Place Predictions

Returns place and query predictions for text input.

Compute Route Matrix

Calculates travel distance and duration matrix between multiple origins and destinations using the modern Routes API; supports OAuth2 authentication and various travel modes.

Geocode Address With Query

Tool to map addresses to geographic coordinates with query parameter.

Geocode Destinations

Tool to perform destination lookup and return detailed destination information including primary place, containing places, sub-destinations, landmarks, entrances, and navigation points.

Reverse Geocode Location

Tool to convert geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) to human-readable addresses using reverse geocoding.

Geocode Place by ID

Tool to perform geocode lookup using a place identifier to retrieve address and coordinates.

Geocoding API

Convert addresses into geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) and vice versa (reverse geocoding), or get an address for a Place ID.

Geolocate Device

Tool to determine location based on cell towers and WiFi access points.

Get 2D Map Tile

Tool to retrieve a 2D map tile image at specified coordinates for building custom map visualizations.

Get 3D Tiles Root

Tool to retrieve the 3D Tiles tileset root configuration for photorealistic 3D map rendering.

Get Place Details

Retrieves comprehensive details for a place using its resource name (places/{place_id} format).

Get Route

Calculates one or more routes between two specified locations.

Lookup Aerial Video

Tool to look up an aerial view video by address or video ID.

Embed Google Map

Tool to generate an embeddable Google Map URL and HTML iframe code.

Nearby search

Searches for places (e.

Get Place Photo

Retrieves high quality photographic content from the Google Maps Places database.

Render Aerial Video

Starts rendering an aerial view video for a US postal address.

Text Search

Searches for places on Google Maps using a textual query (e.

Create Tiles Session

Tool to create a session token required for accessing 2D Tiles and Street View imagery.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Google Maps MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Google Maps tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Google Maps and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. ChatGPT fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Google Maps tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Google Maps scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Google Maps data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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