Issue 24• July 2026

Google Maps Platform Innovators

Hello Innovators!

We are thrilled to celebrate a special milestone this month—the second anniversary of the Google Maps Platform Innovators program.Over the past two years, our community has grown to over 50,000 Innovators like you. It has been our privilege to provide early access to new products, host vibrant community events, and facilitate valuable knowledge sharing through this program. Thank you for being an essential part of this journey.

We’re still buzzing from the energy of our first-ever in-person Community Day, held recently in New York City. It was fantastic to connect with so many of you for a day packed with technical deep dives, AI-focused sessions, and product feedback. For those who weren’t able to make it, we’ve posted the videos on our YouTube channel.

Happy Mapping!

Early Product Access

Isochrones API is now officially in Preview.

The Google Maps Platform Isochrones API calculates the precise area a person can reach from a specific starting point within a given amount of time.

Try it now

Learn & Grow

Architecture of RMI ADK Agent

The Roads Management Insights (RMI) ADK agent provides a natural language interface for querying and analyzing RMI data stored in Google BigQuery. By leveraging Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK) and Gemini large language models, it enables users to extract actionable insights from large-scale road network and traffic datasets without manually writing complex SQL queries. Learn more.

Community

Google Maps Platform Innovators 2nd year anniversary

In celebration of our second anniversary, we’re launching an exciting swag contest for our Innovators community! To participate, simply solve the trivia questions about our Google Maps Platform APIs or share a video showcasing your most creative project built using our APIs. Winners will not only snag some exclusive Google Maps Platform swag, but also earn a special feature in an upcoming Innovators newsletter. Start your engines—we can’t wait to see your innovation and creativity in action!

I want to participate

Google Maps Platform Hosts Its First In-Person Community Day

On June 10th, we hosted our first community day event in person in New York – check out our sizzle reel on YouTube. This event included deep technical talks on building maps with AI from our Engineering, Product, and Developer Experience teams, as well as product feedback discussions and an Ask Me Anything session.

Huge thanks to all of you who attended in person – and, for those of you who could not join us at the event, we’re excited to share the recorded sessions on our YouTube channel. Subscribe to the channel to keep up with the latest video drops.

Google Maps Platform on YouTube

Google Maps Platform Community Day NYC | Evolving into the Agentic Age

At the Google Maps Platform Community Day NYC 2026, Maps engineering director Travis McPhail shares how AI is transforming geospatial tech from standard APIs into a context-first ecosystem for humans and AI agents. Discover how Google is bridging the physical and digital worlds to help developers "Build the Map with AI."

Watch now ↗︎

Google Maps Platform Community Day NYC | Developer Community in the Age of AI

Explore the 20-year evolution of Google Maps Platform with Developer Community Lead Mike Pegg at Community Day NYC. From its roots as ingenious developer hacks in 2005 to today's expansive global ecosystem, discover how community collaboration and innovation continue to redefine the future of mapping.

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Google Maps Platform Community Day NYC | Developer Magic

At Google Maps Platform Community Day NYC, Google Developer Expert and Ubilabs founder Martin Kleppe explains why digital mapping is a blend of art and science, sharing how his journey from East Germany led to creating iconic map experiences for Google. Discover how simplifying complex geospatial data creates "developer magic" where technology disappears and becomes a fluid, interactive environment.

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