Google Map Search
Retrieve local business, landmark, or address data from Google Maps based on a specific search query or coordinates. Useful for location-based data extraction, business intelligence, competitor research, and geospatial analysis.
If you already know that you want to use Google Map Search, this page is the one you should read. It shows the required input, the filters you can apply, how pagination works, and what localization controls are available.
At a Glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Google Map Search |
| Scraper | google_map |
| Engine | google_map_search |
| Website | |
| Website URL | Google.com |
| Output Format | json |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Parameter Count | 6 |
| Parameter Groups | Search Query (1), Localization (3), Geographic Location (1), Request Controls (1) |
Required Parameters
If you are sending your first request with this engine, start here. Requiredness is based on properties.<field>.must, not the top-level required array.
| Field | Type | Group | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
q | string | Search Query | The keyword or phrase you want this search engine to look up. |
Available Parameters
The sections below follow the same parameter groups as the backend, but the field descriptions have been rewritten into shorter, user-facing wording so they are easier to scan.
Search Query
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
q | string | Yes | The keyword or phrase you want this search engine to look up. |
Localization
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
gl | string | No | Country or region code used to localize the results. |
hl | string | No | Interface language used for the search and returned SERP labels. |
google_domain | string | No | Google domain to query, such as google.com or google.co.uk. |
Additional Constraints
gl：Options: 244 options. Examples:af,al,dz,as,adhl：Options: 157 options. Examples:af,ak,sq,ws,amgoogle_domain：Options: 185 options. Examples:google.com,google.ad,google.ae,google.com.af,google.com.ag
Geographic Location
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ll | string | No | Map center coordinates, usually provided as latitude and longitude. |
Additional Constraints
ll：Default:@40.7455096,-74.0083012,14z
Request Controls
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
no_cache | boolean | No | Skip cached results and force a fresh fetch. |
Additional Constraints
no_cache：Default:false