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Google Maps

Google's web mapping service (launched 2005).

  • Completely free
  • the web
  • No watermark

Overview

Google Maps is a maps and navigation online tool, available on the web.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

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At a glance

Google Maps is completely free: no known feature is locked behind a paid plan.

Its licence could not be established at the source: check the terms on the official website.

Strengths

  • No watermark on exports

Weaknesses

  • Contains advertising

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Wikidata (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from LicitPro manual check (credit card, account, watermark, free status, ads, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Facts manually checked on 9 November 2026
  • Description from Wikidata — Wikidata (CC0)

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