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The Google Maps integration shows the locations of your relations and activities directly within Tribe CRM. It helps you visualise addresses on a map, making it easier to understand where your customers are located. You might use this when planning visits, reviewing activity locations, or getting a quick geographic overview of your relations. By following this guide, you will understand what the integration does, how it works, and how to activate it.
Table of Contents
What Does The Google Maps Integration Do?
Why Or When Should You Use It?
How Does The Google Maps Integration Work?
How Do I Activate The Google Maps Integration?
Important Notes About Usage And Costs
What Does The Google Maps Integration Do?
The Google Maps integration allows Tribe CRM to display maps based on the addresses stored in your relations. A map is shown within relations and related activities, using the available address information. This gives you direct visual insight into customer locations.
In addition to individual relation maps, Tribe also offers a Maps View. This view displays multiple selected relations on a single map, helping you see all locations at once.
Why Or When Should You Use It?
You should use this integration when location matters in your daily work. It is useful for planning sales visits, reviewing customer distribution, or quickly checking where activities are taking place. The map view supports better planning and a clearer overview of your relations.
How Does The Google Maps Integration Work?
When you create or update an address for a relation, Tribe automatically sends a geocode request to Google. Google returns coordinates, which are stored with the address. The map is then built using these coordinates.
For geocoding to work correctly, both Street and City must be entered. If an address is incomplete, Google may return an approximate location. If Google identifies an address as invalid, the coordinates are removed from Tribe.
Addresses retrieved from the Postcode Lookup are automatically stored with coordinates. The map view is created directly from this data.
When addresses are retrieved from the Chamber of Commerce, coordinates are not included. In this case, Tribe retrieves the coordinates using the same geocoding process.
How Do I Activate The Google Maps Integration?
Before activating the integration in Tribe, you need to create a Google Maps API key.
Create A Google Maps API Key
Log in to the Google Cloud Platform.
Navigate to APIs & Services > Library.
Select the Maps category and choose View All.
Activate the Geocoding API.
Activate the Maps JavaScript API.
Go to APIs & Services > Credentials.
Select Create Credentials and choose API Key.
Copy the generated API key.
Activate The Integration In Tribe CRM
Open the Marketplace in Tribe CRM.
Navigate to the External Data tab.
Open the Google Maps integration.
Enter your Maps API Key.
Activate the integration.
The Google Maps integration is now ready to use.
Important Notes About Usage And Costs
The Google Maps integration in Tribe CRM is provided free of charge by Tribe. Depending on the number of requests, Google may charge costs to your Google Maps account.
Quick Summary
The Google Maps integration shows relation and activity locations directly in Tribe CRM. It uses address data to build map views for individual relations and selected groups. By activating the integration with a Google Maps API key, you gain clear geographic insight into your customer data.