# apneadiving/Google-Maps-for-Rails

Enables easy Google map + overlays creation in Ruby apps

Repository: https://github.com/apneadiving/Google-Maps-for-Rails
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/google-maps-for-rails
Homepage: https://apneadiving.github.io/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-02-02T02:57:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5679, "days_push": 3134, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2248, forks 375 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:30.229583+00:00)

## What it is
Gmaps4rails is a Ruby library that makes it easy to create Google Maps with overlays such as markers, infowindows, and KML layers in Ruby (especially Rails) applications. Its flexible JavaScript core can also be used standalone and is designed to potentially support other map providers.

## Use cases
- add a google map to my rails app
- display multiple markers on a map with clustering
- show directions on a google map
- render kml overlays on a map
- add geolocation map to ruby web app
- create a map with a sidebar listing markers

## When to choose
- you are building a Ruby or Rails app that needs Google Maps with markers, overlays, or directions
- you want a simple, well-established wrapper rather than writing raw Google Maps JS
- you need clustering, custom styles, or KML support out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need active development, new features, or recent Google Maps API support (latest release is 2018)
- you are not using Ruby and want a modern maintained mapping library like Leaflet or MapLibre
- your project requires the latest Google Maps JavaScript API features or billing changes

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, geospatial, data-visualization
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: ruby, browser
- tags: google-maps, rails, gmaps4rails, maps, javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- apneadiving/Google-Maps-for-Rails (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:30.229583+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:43:56.007834+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: https://apneadiving.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:24:13.803264+00:00, sha 0196da371716)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.