Google Maps Photos

io.github.johnisanerdPublished by GitHub account johnisanerdv1.0.0Updated Nov 2, 2026

Google Maps place photos: image URLs, thumbnails, positions, and Street View panoramas.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableLocation & LifestyleWeb Search & Scraping

Overview

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Apify-hosted remote MCP server for Google Maps place photos, returning image URLs, thumbnails, positions and Street View panoramas; the underlying API is…

What you can do
  • Retrieve photos for a Google Maps place, including image URLs and thumbnails.
  • Get photo positions and Street View panorama data for a location.
  • The README states the Google Maps Photos API behind this server has been retired and its examples no longer work, so the tools may not return data.
  • The author points to a separate Google Maps Places Scraper for place details and a Google Images API for image search instead.
When to use it
Only if you specifically need Google Maps place imagery and are willing to test whether the retired endpoint still responds. For place details or general image search, the alternatives named in the README are the better starting point.
Requirements
A remote MCP endpoint at mcp.apify.com with OAuth authentication; an Apify account is implied by the OAuth flow. No environment variables or headers are declared.
Before you install
The README says the Google Maps Photos API is retired and the repo is archived, so results may be empty or fail. The author's other actors are described as pay per result, so usage may incur Apify charges. Photo and panorama data comes from Google Maps via a third party.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Google Maps Photos in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect the required credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/io.github.johnisanerd%2Fgoogle-maps-photos/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config. The client completes OAuth sign-in on first connect.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-maps-photos": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-maps-photos-api"
    }
  }
}

README

Google Maps Photos API examples (retired)

I've retired Google Maps Photos API, so the examples in this repo no longer work. The repo is archived and kept for reference. For place and image data, use my Google Maps Places Scraper instead, and start from its example repo, Apify-Google-Maps-Places-API.

Use instead

Most used

[YouTube, LinkedIn, Google Flights and Google Jobs]

Same deal as everything else I build: clean JSON, pay per result, no monthly rental. All are MCP-ready, so Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT can call them as tools.

Everything is catalogued at AlphaOSINT, searchable by entity, signal or field name.

Want this source back? Open an issue on the Actor page and tell me what you'd use it for.

Source: README.md at commit 39a7fd3

Tools

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Version history

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  1. v1.0.0LatestSep 16, 2026

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