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MAPPING THE FUTURE NOVEMBER 2025 From idea to innovation, accelerated by Google AI We’re introducing even more AI products and tools to help you transform ideas into innovations, grounded in Google’s fresh, real-world data and cutting-edge technology. Build faster and smarter with all-new AI agents including Builder agent and Maps Styling agent. Code with confidence using new developer tools including Code Assist Toolkit, a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enhances the responses from large language models (LLMs). Build more engaging applications for the agentic era with Contextual View, a Google Maps AI Kit component. Your AI is only as smart as its data - Ground it in reality with AI-powered summaries that provide rich context, and Geospatial Analytics that deliver operational awareness. Explore AI Enable faster decision-making with AI-ready analytics Places Insights datasets, now generally available, empower businesses to make smarter and faster decisions by leveraging Google’s rich Places data directly within BigQuery. It brings together Google’s rich Places data—including detailed aggregated information about businesses, landmarks and points of interest, based on attributes like business hours, place types, price level and user ratings—with the robust analytical capabilities of Google Cloud’s BigQuery for statistical analysis. Learn more Planning, design and decision-making starts on Earth With our new Professional and Professional Advanced plans for Google Earth, you can unlock AI-powered data layers and unique information from Google, large-scale project capabilities, and advanced geospatial analysis. With Google Earth’s powerful visualization and seamless collaboration capabilities, these plans help you transform projects into real world solutions faster and with greater confidence. Learn more Google Maps Solar Data: Millions More Buildings, Sharper Insights The Solar API dataset just got a major refresh. With millions of new buildings added worldwide, the latest update expands coverage and improves accuracy with sharper roof segmentation, more precise building footprints, and refined height data. Updated energy models now deliver more accurate rooftop positioning and hourly performance insights. From design to deployment, we’re helping the world transition to cleaner power sources with confidence. Watch the video Bring locations to life with immersive, real-world 3D Maps 3D Maps is now generally available on Maps JavaScript API, empowering businesses and developers to bring locations to life with immersive, photorealistic 3D experiences at unprecedented scale and detail. With environments and powerful customization, 3D Maps enables developers to build immersive experiences that engage users, drive informed decisions, and differentiate their brands through immersive storytelling. Learn more Scribble Maps is building for the future with AI With ScribbleSight users can create custom, weighted scores for any mapping need, such as vacation planning or retail site selection. Using the Places Aggregate API, Scribble Maps factors in both positive and negative attributes like reviews, price, and environmental data to not only inform users of the quantity of attributes, but also the quality of attributes in a given area. Read more "The Costa Coffee footprint now spreads physically and digitally around the globe, and with the help of Google Maps Platform we can still offer the same tailored personal service... of the Costa Brothers 50 years ago." - Gordon Lucas, Global Head of Digital Engineering,  Costa Coffee Do you like to contact Google Maps Platform Sales Section... Thank you, The Google Maps Platform Team