Maps Platform Web Services
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Maps Platform Web Services is a suite of HTTP-based Google Maps APIs that let developers integrate mapping, routing, geocoding, and related location-based functionality into web and server applications.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Google Maps Directions API | 2 |
| Google Directions API | 1 |
| Google Maps Platform web services | 1 |
| Maps JavaScript API | 1 |
| Maps Platform Geocoding Services | 1 |
| Maps Platform Routes Library | 1 |
| Maps Platform Web Services canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T576899 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maps Platform Web Services Context triple: [Google Maps, supportsAPI, Maps Platform Web Services]
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A.
Maps Static API
Maps Static API is a Google Maps web service that lets developers embed simple, non-interactive map images into web pages or applications via HTTP requests.
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B.
Bing Maps
Bing Maps is Microsoft's web-based mapping and navigation service offering road maps, aerial imagery, directions, and location-based search.
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C.
MapQuest
MapQuest is an early online mapping and driving directions service that became one of the first widely used web-based navigation tools.
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D.
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs are Google’s software development kits that enable developers to integrate interactive maps, location services, and related geospatial features into mobile applications on platforms like Android and iOS.
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E.
Roads API
Roads API is a Google Maps web service that lets developers identify, snap to, and analyze road segments and paths based on GPS coordinates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maps Platform Web Services Target entity description: Maps Platform Web Services is a suite of HTTP-based Google Maps APIs that let developers integrate mapping, routing, geocoding, and related location-based functionality into web and server applications.
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A.
Maps Static API
Maps Static API is a Google Maps web service that lets developers embed simple, non-interactive map images into web pages or applications via HTTP requests.
-
B.
Bing Maps
Bing Maps is Microsoft's web-based mapping and navigation service offering road maps, aerial imagery, directions, and location-based search.
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C.
MapQuest
MapQuest is an early online mapping and driving directions service that became one of the first widely used web-based navigation tools.
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D.
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs are Google’s software development kits that enable developers to integrate interactive maps, location services, and related geospatial features into mobile applications on platforms like Android and iOS.
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E.
Roads API
Roads API is a Google Maps web service that lets developers identify, snap to, and analyze road segments and paths based on GPS coordinates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Google Maps API suite
ⓘ
HTTP-based API ⓘ web service API ⓘ |
| accessMethod | REST-style HTTP requests ⓘ |
| authenticationMethod | API key in request URL or header ⓘ |
| category |
location-based services API
ⓘ
mapping API ⓘ |
| developedBy | Google ⓘ |
| developerOf | mapping functionality for applications ⓘ |
| documentationAt | https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Google Cloud
ⓘ
surface form:
Google Cloud Platform billing
|
| offers |
pay-as-you-go pricing
ⓘ
usage quotas ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Google
ⓘ
surface form:
Google LLC
|
| partOf |
Google Maps
ⓘ
surface form:
Google Maps Platform
|
| provides |
distance calculation services
ⓘ
elevation data services ⓘ geocoding services ⓘ mapping services ⓘ places search services ⓘ reverse geocoding services ⓘ routing services ⓘ static map images ⓘ street view imagery ⓘ time zone data services ⓘ |
| requires | API key ⓘ |
| supports |
JSON responses
ⓘ
XML responses ⓘ backend services ⓘ server applications ⓘ web applications ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
international address geocoding
ⓘ
language localization of results ⓘ traffic-aware routing (via Directions API) ⓘ travel mode selection (driving, walking, bicycling, transit) ⓘ waypoints in routes ⓘ |
| targetUser | software developers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
address geocoding
ⓘ
coordinate reverse geocoding ⓘ distance matrix calculations ⓘ elevation lookup ⓘ location-based functionality integration ⓘ place autocomplete ⓘ place details retrieval ⓘ route planning ⓘ static map rendering ⓘ time zone lookup ⓘ |
| usesProtocol |
HTTP
ⓘ
HTTPS ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Maps Platform Web Services Description of subject: Maps Platform Web Services is a suite of HTTP-based Google Maps APIs that let developers integrate mapping, routing, geocoding, and related location-based functionality into web and server applications.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maps JavaScript API
this entity surface form:
Maps Platform Routes Library
this entity surface form:
Maps Platform Geocoding Services
this entity surface form:
Google Maps Platform web services
this entity surface form:
Google Maps Directions API
this entity surface form:
Google Directions API
this entity surface form:
Google Maps Directions API