--- title: "Connect Bart to Google Maps Platform - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New service advisory\" fires in Bart, your agent runs \"Geocode Address\" in Google Maps Platform." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-google-maps-platform" --- # Connect Bart to Google Maps Platform When **New service advisory** fires in [Bart](https://apiant.ai/connections/bart), your agent runs **Geocode Address** in [Google Maps Platform](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-maps-platform). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Bart **1** trigger Bart **8** actions Google Maps Platform **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Bart and Google Maps Platform to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Bart can start in Google Maps Platform - When **New service advisory** in Bart then **Geocode Address** in Google Maps Platform - When **New service advisory** in Bart then **Nearby Search** in Google Maps Platform Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Bart and Google Maps Platform ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 16 actions - Trigger **New service advisory** Triggers when BART posts a new service advisory (delay, emergency or information notice). - Action **Find trips by origin and destination** Finds BART trips departing from an origin station to a destination station around a given time, with fares and legs for each trip. - Action **Get route** Returns details for a BART route: its name, colour, origin and destination, and the ordered list of stations it serves. - Action **Get station** Returns detailed information about a BART station, including its address, location, routes, platforms and nearby attractions. - Action **Get station schedule** Returns the full day's scheduled train departures from a BART station, with line, destination, time and platform for each. - Action **List real-time departures** Returns the current estimated departure times for trains leaving a BART station, grouped by destination. - Action **List routes** Returns the list of BART routes (lines) in service for the current or a chosen schedule date. - Action **List service advisories** Returns BART's current service advisories (delays, emergencies and general information). - Action **List stations** Returns every BART station with its full name, abbreviation, coordinates and address. - Action **Geocode Address** Converts a street address or place description into latitude/longitude coordinates and a formatted address. - Action **Get Directions** Returns a route between an origin and a destination, with total distance, travel time and step-by-step legs. - Action **Get Distance Matrix** Returns travel distance and time for every pair of origins and destinations. - Action **Get Place Details** Returns the details of one Google Maps place, including its name, address, location, rating, phone number, website and opening hours. - Action **Get Route** Calculates a route between an origin and a destination address and returns its distance, travel time, route polyline and summary. - Action **Nearby Search** Finds places within a radius of a latitude and longitude, optionally limited to place types such as restaurant or gas station, and returns them with their address, location and rating. - Action **Reverse Geocode** Converts latitude/longitude coordinates into the nearest human-readable address. - Action **Text Search** Searches Google Maps for places matching a text query, such as "pizza in New York", and returns the matching places with their address, location, rating and contact details. ## Each app on its own - [ **Bart** Real-time BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train schedules, arrivals, and station data API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bart) - [ **Google Maps Platform** APIs and SDKs for maps, geocoding, routing, places search, and location-based data in apps.](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-maps-platform) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Bart - [ **Bart to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-hubspot) - [ **Bart to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-salesforce) - [ **Bart to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-slack) - [ **Bart to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-google-sheets) - [ **Bart to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-gmail) - [ **Bart to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-google-calendar) ## More into Google Maps Platform - [ **Shopify to Google Maps Platform** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **Instagram to Google Maps Platform** Instagram is a social media platform for sharing photos, videos, and stories.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **Mapster to Google Maps Platform** Mapster is a feedback survey platform that helps you collect and analyze user feedback.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mapster-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **Paperless to Google Maps Platform** Paperless lets you create, sign, and manage intelligent documents on a single platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **TickTick to Google Maps Platform** TickTick is a simple and effective to-do list and task manager app with seamless cloud synchronization...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ticktick-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **HubSpot to Google Maps Platform** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-google-maps-platform) Questions ## Bart and Google Maps Platform, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Bart? Any of Bart's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New service advisory. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Google Maps Platform when something happens in Bart? Any of Google Maps Platform's 8 actions, including Geocode Address, Get Directions, Get Distance Matrix and Get Place Details. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Google Maps Platform to Bart? Google Maps Platform has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Bart. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Google Maps Platform's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Bart or Google Maps Platform? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Bart and Google Maps Platform without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.