tGoogleMapLookup
Last updated: 10/30/2026Obtains detailed geographic information using geographic coordinates and address information.
Starting with Talend Studio R2026-10, enable Places API (New) in your Google Cloud project and enter an API key in the component's API key setting. For setup instructions, see Set up the Places API (New).
Starting with Talend Studio R2026-10, each data row requires one or more calls to Places API (New). If the API quota is exceeded, the request can fail.
Before R2026-10, tGoogleMapLookup accessed the legacy Google Places API over an HTTP request to obtain geographic information for the coordinates you provided. Each row required one or more calls, and the quota depended on the license provided by Google. Running a data set that exceeded the quota could cause errors and leave addresses uncorrected.
For further information about the usage limits of Google Places API, see Usage Limits and Billing.
For further information about the terms of services of Google Places API, see Terms of Service.
This component is not shipped with your Talend Studio by default. You need to install it using the Feature Manager. For more information, see Installing features using the Feature Manager.
tGoogleMapLookup Standard properties
These properties are used to configure tGoogleMapLookup running in the Standard Job framework.
The Standard tGoogleMapLookup component belongs to the Data Quality family.
This component is available in Talend Data Management Platform, Talend Big Data Platform, Talend Real-Time Big Data Platform, Talend Data Services Platform and in Talend Data Fabric.
Basic settings
| Properties | Description |
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Schema and Edit Schema |
A schema is a row description, it defines the number of fields to be processed and passed on to the next component. The schema is either Built-in or stored remotely in the Repository. |
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Sync columns |
Click this button to retrieve schema from the previous component connected in the Job. |
| Pause(in 1/10 seconds) | Time break between http requests for geographic information record. By default, the value for this field is 1. |
| Latitude Column | Select the schema column that holds the latitude information. |
| Longitude Column | Select the schema column that holds the longitude information. |
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API key |
To enter a key, click the […] button next to the field. Starting with Talend Studio R2026-10, generate an API key for Places API (New). For setup instructions, see Set up the Places API (New). |
Advanced settings
| Properties | Description |
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import |
Customize this field to import Java class for tGoogleMapLookup. By default, you do not have to modify this part. |
| tStatCatcher Statistics |
Select this check box to collect log data at the component level. |
| Enable parallel execution |
Select this check box to perform high-speed data processing, by treating
multiple data flows simultaneously. Note that this feature depends on the database or
the application ability to handle multiple inserts in parallel as well as the number of
CPU affected. In the Number of parallel executions
field, either:
Note that when parallel execution is enabled, it is not possible to use global variables to retrieve return values in a subJob.
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Global Variables
| Variables | Description |
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Global Variables |
NB_LINE: the number of rows read by an input component or transferred to an output component. This is an After variable and it returns an integer. ERROR_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This variable functions only if the Die on error checkbox is cleared, if the component has this checkbox. A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component while an After variable functions after the execution of the component. To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl+Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from it. For more information about variables, see Using contexts and variables. |
Usage
| Usage guidance | Description |
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Usage rule |
This component is used as an in-between component. It requires an input component, an output component and row Main link. |