Identifies the road a device is traveling along and provides metadata.
API Access
Est. Price
~$120/yr est.
Update Frequency
Real-time
Pricing Tiers
1
Regions
1
Quality SignalsB
Freshness
Recently enriched
Complete
81%
API
API Available
Product Overview
Geospatial Intelligence and Location Services$
Offering: A comprehensive suite of APIs and SDKs providing global mapping, real-time navigation, geocoding, and location-based business intelligence.
Best for: Developers and logistics managers building real-time fleet tracking, route optimization, and location-aware consumer applications.
Benefits
- Unmatched global coverage and data accuracy
- Extensive library of specialized APIs for routing and geocoding
- Highly scalable infrastructure with low latency
- Seamless integration with mobile and web development environments
Drawbacks
⚠ Complex tiered pricing model can become expensive at high scale · ⚠ Limited customization of underlying map data compared to open-source alternatives · ⚠ Vendor lock-in within the Google Cloud ecosystemProduct Intelligence
Value Score
63
quality per $
Price Position
P9
below avg
Coverage
75
geo × freq × depth
Try-ability
35
ease of trial
Market concentration: 18% (moderate)
Product Details
Use Cases
Fleet managementlogistics route optimizationasset trackingnavigation enhancementride-sharing services
Categories
Geospatial DataMapping and NavigationLogisticsTransportation
Coverage
Global
Delivery
REST API
Data Sources
geolocation mobilesatellite imagery
Detected Use Cases
geospatial analyticssupply chain
Pricing Tiers
Vedex estimate
~$120/yr est.
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Web Authority
Notable11 mentions·4 platforms
Academic Papers
2 × 8 pts+16
Blogs & Newsletters
4 × 2 pts+8
LinkedIn
3 × 2 pts+6
Reddit
2 × 3 pts+6
Evidence5 sources
Academic Papers
arXiv:2210.13263v3 [cs.CR] 4 Jan 2023
by S Murthy · 2022 · Cited by 5 — multiple such locations are obtained, Google Nearest Roads API [2] is used to ... real-world datasets. Their results show that their ...
Academic Papers
StreetViewAI: Making Street View Accessible Using ...
To detect intersections at each step, we use the Google Roads API (Google, 2025e) to request roads and their geometry within the search grid.
Reddit
Roads API Question : r/GoogleMaps
I'm trying to use the Google Roads API to find the GPS coordinates of the closest point on a road from a given point.
Data Dictionary
Expected fields and columns in this data product
About Roads API
Roads API is a geospatial data data product offered by Google Maps, available on discovery. Data is updated real-time. API access is available for programmatic integration. Vedex estimates pricing at roughly $120/yr (an estimate, not a vendor-published price).
Identifies the road a device is traveling along and provides metadata.
About Google Maps
Google Maps is a platform vendor based in Mountain View, US. Apple Maps is a web-based and mobile mapping service developed by Apple Inc., providing detailed geographic information, turn-by-turn navigation, transit directions, and immersive 3D views of urban en...
Related Data Categories
Geospatial DataMapping and NavigationLogisticsTransportation