Apple Maps Server API API

developer.apple.com

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Apple's server-side place search, geocoding and place lookup API. Buying direct: Included with Apple Developer Program (daily quota). Listed Sep 29, 2026.

Capabilities: 0
From: n/a
Calls, 30 days: 0
Ranked first: 0 of 0

Overview

Researched from the vendor's own pages; every fact links to its source and the day we checked it.

Local & Places

Web API at https://maps-api.apple.com/v1 for /search, /searchAutocomplete, /geocode, /reverseGeocode, /place/{id}, /directions and /etas. JWT-based Maps token auth (Token API). Up to 25,000 service calls per day per team shared with MapKit JS; exceeding returns HTTP 429.

Company

Unverified

Legal name: Apple Inc.
Headquarters: Cupertino, US
Founded: Not confirmed
Employees: Not confirmed
Ownership: Public · AAPL
Status: active
Kind: Data provider
Website: developer.apple.com
Status page: developer.apple.com

API

Verified

Access: Self-serve API
Style: REST
Auth: Bearer token
Base URL: https://maps-api.apple.com/v1
Features: Bulk —Async —Webhooks —MCP —Sandbox —
Rate limit: 25,000 service calls per day per team (shared with MapKit JS)
Docs: Reference Auth Rate limits

Pricing

Model: free
List prices: Not published
Free tier: 25,000 service calls per day per team
Checked: Sep 29, 2026

Compliance

SOC 2: Not confirmed
GDPR: Not confirmed
CCPA: Not confirmed
DPA: Not confirmed
Resale / storage: Unknown until a written agreement says otherwise

Relationships

Integrations: Not confirmed
Alternatives: None named by the vendor

Sources (2)

Apple Maps Server APIchecked Sep 29, 2026
Search for placeschecked Sep 29, 2026

Placement in the Grid

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Placement in the GridRouter Grid by category
Category	Placement	Execute	Coverage	Calls	Report
Local & Places	Not yet rated	–	–	0	View Grid

API

The vendor's OpenAPI document as stored in the catalog, its operations, and the rate limits it publishes.

Reconstructed · medium confidenceOpenAPI 3.1.0 · 1 operations · checked Sep 29, 2026 Spec (YAML)

Rebuilt from the vendor's public docs, only what the pages show. Each operation links the page it came from; response shapes the docs don't spell out are left empty rather than guessed.

Operations in the apple-maps-server spec
Method	Path	Summary	Params	Source
GET	/search	Search	1	Docs

Rate limits

Published rate limits for apple-maps-server
Limit	Scope	Plan	Endpoint	Burst / concurrency
25,000 / day	account	All	All	— / —

On 429: Daily quota exceeded; retry later or request a quota increase. GridRouter never paces above these and backs off on 429, honoring Retry-After. Source, checked Sep 29, 2026

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