Feature: Add Google Maps support (directions, places, distance matrix)

[dbernaltbn]

Feature request

What would you like gog to support?
Google Maps integration: directions, places search, distance matrix, and geocoding.

Proposed commands

# Directions between two points
gog maps directions --origin "Barcelona" --destination "Blanes" --mode driving

# Search places
gog maps places --query "escoles primària" --near "Blanes"

# Distance matrix (multiple origins/destinations)
gog maps distance --origins "Blanes" --destinations "Barcelona,Girona"

# Geocoding (address → coordinates and vice versa)
gog maps geocode --address "Carrer Major, Blanes"
gog maps reverse-geocode --lat 41.674 --lng 2.792

Use cases

• Educators planning field trips (estimate travel times)
• Checking commute times between schools
• Finding nearby services/places
• Travel planning integrated with Calendar

API reference
Google Maps Platform REST APIs:

• Directions API: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions
• Places API: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service
• Distance Matrix API: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/distance-matrix
• Geocoding API: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding

Notes

• Requires Google Cloud project with Maps API enabled (separate from Workspace APIs)
• Maps APIs have usage-based pricing (but generous free tiers)
• Would need a separate OAuth scope or API key

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Thanks for considering — gog is amazing! 🙏

[steipete]

Implemented on main in 1faed6b.

Shipped:

• gog maps directions
• gog maps distance
• gog maps geocode
• gog maps reverse-geocode
• kept existing gog maps places search|details
• generated command docs, README/spec/changelog updates

Enabled APIs for the configured API-key project gen-lang-client-0710338411:

• Geocoding API
• Directions API
• Distance Matrix API

Verified:

• make ci
• live geocode, directions, distance matrix, and reverse-geocode smoke calls with the configured API key

[dbernaltbn]

Wow @steipete, that was fast! 🚀

Just built from main and tested all 5 commands — geocode, reverse-geocode, directions, distance, and places — all working perfectly. Already proving useful for planning school routes.

Amazing work, thank you! 🙏