# Setup

> Before using the Google Maps Platform Activities Package, you need to configure your applications using the [Google Cloud Platform](https://console.cloud.google.com/).

Before using the Google Maps Platform Activities Package, you need to configure your applications using the [Google Cloud Platform](https://console.cloud.google.com/).

There are two configuration steps:

1. **Enable APIs** - this step enables automation by granting API access to your Google applications.
2. **Create credentials** - this specifies the authentication type used to interact with your enabled APIs.

## Enable APIs

Follow the steps listed below to enable your APIs.

1. Sign in to the Google Cloud Platform using your personal, work, or school Google G Suite account.
2. In the top menu bar, after **Google Cloud Platform**, select the project you want to use for your automation project.
   * If you don't have a project, create one by following the Creating and Managing Projects instructions in the Google Cloud documentation.

     ![Google Cloud Platform project selection in the top menu bar](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/marketplace/marketplace-docs-image-36288-26d1b359-4e4af983.webp)
3. Open the **Navigation menu** in the top navigation bar
4. Hover over **APIs & Services** (showing a menu of options) and select Library (opening the API Library).

   ![APIs and Services menu with Library option highlighted in Google Cloud Platform](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/marketplace/marketplace-docs-image-33575-d4449ccd-59df146e.webp)
5. From the API Library, go to **Maps** section
6. Click on **Places API**

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/marketplace/marketplace-docs-image-36252-6ed52b0b-67048a26.webp)
7. In the **Places API** page, click **Enable**

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/marketplace/marketplace-docs-image-35330-6573fc08-e03aff9f.webp)

## Create credentials

Follow the steps listed below to create credentials for your project.

1. From your project **APIs & Services page** (Google Cloud Platform> Project > APIs & Services), click **Credentials** in the left-hand navigation panel.

   ![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/marketplace/marketplace-docs-image-34263-9b2b946b-42af299f.webp)
2. After the Credentials page opens, click Create credentials and select API Key. An API key is the simplest authentication mechanism.

For more information about API Keys, see [Using API Keys](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/api-keys) in the Google Cloud Documentation.

Activities:

(UiPathTeam.GoolgeMaps.Activities) The Package contains a set of 7 activities which are as follows.

1. Google Maps Scope
2. Find Place
3. Nearby Search
4. Get Place Details
5. Get Place Photo
6. Place Autocomplete
7. Query Autocomplete