Google Maps Geocoding Scraper

Bidirectional geocoding via Google Maps. Convert street addresses into latitude/longitude coordinates (forward geocoding), or convert coordinates back into a human-readable address (reverse geocoding). Supports batch input, multiple languages, and country bias for ambiguous queries.

What it does

• Forward geocoding — given an address, returns the resolved coordinates, place ID, structured address components, plus code, and a stable Google Maps URL.
• Reverse geocoding — given a {lat, lng} pair, returns the nearest matched place name and address.

Each input produces exactly one record in the dataset. Inputs that Google cannot resolve are still recorded ("resolved": false) so you can audit failures.

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	enum (forward | reverse)	Which direction to geocode. Default: forward.
address	string	A single address (forward mode).
addresses	array of strings	Batch of addresses (forward mode).
location	object {lat, lng}	A single coordinate (reverse mode).
locations	array of {lat, lng}	Batch of coordinates (reverse mode).
language	enum	Interface language (en, es, fr, de, it, pt, ja, ko, zh, ar, ru). Default: en.
country	string	Optional ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (e.g. US, GB) used to bias results when an address is ambiguous.
proxyConfiguration	proxy	Optional. By default the scraper runs without a proxy because Apify proxy frequently routes through regions that trigger Google's consent flow.

Example inputs

Forward (single):

{
  "mode": "forward",
  "address": "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA",
  "language": "en"
}

Forward (batch):

{
  "mode": "forward",
  "addresses": [
    "Eiffel Tower, Paris",
    "Big Ben, London",
    "Tokyo Tower, Tokyo"
  ],
  "language": "en"
}

Reverse (single):

{
  "mode": "reverse",
  "location": {"lat": 40.7579, "lng": -73.9855}
}

Reverse (batch):

{
  "mode": "reverse",
  "locations": [
    {"lat": 48.8584, "lng": 2.2945},
    {"lat": 35.6586, "lng": 139.7454},
    {"lat": -33.8568, "lng": 151.2153}
  ]
}

Output

Each dataset record contains a subset of these fields (empty fields are omitted):

Field	Type	Description
mode	string	"forward" or "reverse".
inputAddress	string	Original address (forward mode only).
inputLocation	object	Original coordinates (reverse mode only).
resolved	boolean	Whether Google resolved the input to a place.
name	string	Place name (h1 on the place page); often blank for pure street addresses.
formattedAddress	string	Full address as Google formats it.
location	object	{lat, lng} of the resolved place.
placeId	string	Google's internal feature ID (hex:hex format).
plusCode	string	Open Location Code if present.
addressComponents	object	Structured {streetNumber, street, city, state, postalCode, country, countryCode}.
categoryName	string	Google's category label when the resolved place is a business.
googleMapsUrl	string	Stable /maps/place/ URL.
scrapedAt	string	UTC ISO-8601 timestamp.
error	string	Present only when scraping failed.

Example output

{
  "mode": "forward",
  "inputAddress": "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA",
  "resolved": true,
  "name": "Google Building 41",
  "formattedAddress": "1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA",
  "location": {"lat": 37.4224864, "lng": -122.0855962},
  "placeId": "0x808fba02f1822489:0x37a9269fbae1c4f7",
  "plusCode": "CWC8+W4 Mountain View, California",
  "addressComponents": {
    "streetNumber": "1600",
    "street": "Amphitheatre Pkwy",
    "city": "Mountain View",
    "state": "CA",
    "postalCode": "94043",
    "country": "USA",
    "countryCode": "US"
  },
  "categoryName": "Corporate office",
  "googleMapsUrl": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-16T12:00:00+00:00"
}

FAQs

Q: Do I need an API key? No. This scraper uses the public Google Maps web interface — no API key, no quota, no billing.

Q: How many results does it return per input? One record per input. If an address is ambiguous, Google picks the highest-confidence match (the same one you would see at the top of maps.google.com).

Q: How accurate are the coordinates? Coordinates are extracted directly from Google's resolved /maps/place/… URL with full precision (often 7 decimal places, sub-centimetre accuracy).

Q: Why does my batch of 10 addresses take 1–2 minutes? The scraper navigates a real browser for each address with a small polite delay between requests to avoid rate-limiting. Throughput is roughly 5–8 addresses per minute.

Q: Should I use a proxy? Usually no. The default no-proxy path is the most reliable because Apify proxy often routes through EU regions that trigger Google's consent screen. Use the optional proxyConfiguration only if you hit rate-limits.

Q: What languages are supported? The language input controls the Google Maps interface language and the format of the returned address (e.g. street names, country names in the target language). Currently exposed: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Russian.

Q: Can I bias results to a specific country? Yes. Set country to an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (e.g. US, GB, FR). The scraper appends the country name to ambiguous queries (e.g. Big Ben → Big Ben, UK).

Q: What happens for unresolvable inputs? A record is still pushed with "resolved": false and the original input echoed back in inputAddress / inputLocation, so you can audit failures.

Use cases

• Convert a CSV of customer addresses to coordinates for mapping.
• Enrich event logs with city/state/country from raw GPS pings.
• Validate user-submitted addresses against Google's canonical form.
• Reverse-geocode IoT device locations or photo EXIF coordinates.
• Compare address-component parsing across multiple countries.

Data source

This actor scrapes Google Maps directly. It does not call the Google Maps Geocoding API, so no Google Cloud project, billing account, or API key is required.

🗺️ Complete Google Maps Scraper Suite

This actor is part of a comprehensive Google Maps data extraction toolkit by crawlerbros. All actors run on the free Apify plan, use no proxy by default, and return clean, structured data.

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