# Google Maps rank grid: coffee shop around a café in Oakland

**Use case:** 

Where a café ranks on Google Maps for "coffee shop" across a 5x5 grid 1 km apart in Oakland, CA, with every competitor's rank and a heatmap.

## Input

```json
{
  "businesses": [
    "Blue Bottle Coffee 480 9th St Oakland"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "coffee shop"
  ],
  "gridSize": 5,
  "stepKm": 1,
  "zoomMeters": 3000,
  "maxRank": 60,
  "includeCompetitorMatrix": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "row_type": {
    "label": "Row type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "business": {
    "label": "Business",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "keyword": {
    "label": "Keyword",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Competitor",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "grid_row": {
    "label": "Grid row",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "grid_col": {
    "label": "Grid column",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "rank": {
    "label": "Rank",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "average_rank": {
    "label": "Average rank",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "points_ranked": {
    "label": "Points ranked",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "top3_points": {
    "label": "Top-3 points",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "share_of_top3": {
    "label": "Share of top 3",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "top3": {
    "label": "Top 3",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "zoom_m": {
    "label": "Map view (m)",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "notice": {
    "label": "Notice",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Google Maps Geo-Grid Rank Tracker & Competitor Heatmap Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Google Maps rank grid: coffee shop around a café in Oakland". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/X4qpcSt3bWMKCcWDi) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Google Maps rank grid: coffee shop around a café in Oakland" task

The Google Maps Geo-Grid Rank Tracker & Competitor Heatmap Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like businesses to track, keywords, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Google Maps rank grid: coffee shop around a café in Oakland" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as row type, business, keyword, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Google Maps rank grid: coffee shop around a café in Oakland" task via API](https://apify.com/scrapebench/google-maps-geo-grid-rank-tracker.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Maps Geo-Grid Rank Tracker & Competitor Heatmap](https://apify.com/scrapebench/google-maps-geo-grid-rank-tracker.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/scrapebench/google-maps-geo-grid-rank-tracker.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/scrapebench/google-maps-geo-grid-rank-tracker.md

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