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European Economic Area (EEA) developers
The Solar API provides solar data for hundreds of millions of buildings
across the world. Imagery
quality
can be HIGH, MEDIUM, or BASE(Experimental).
HIGH: Solar data is derived from aerial imagery captured at
low-altitude and processed at 0.1 m/pixel.
MEDIUM: Solar data is derived from enhanced aerial imagery captured at
high-altitude and processed at 0.25 m/pixel.
BASE (Experimental): Solar data is derived from enhanced satellite
imagery processed at 0.25 m/pixel.
The Google Maps Platform team is constantly working to improve coverage for our
API services. This interactive map shows where HIGH, MEDIUM, and BASE
quality solar data is available.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Solar API coverage\n\n**European Economic Area (EEA) developers** If your billing address is in the European Economic Area, effective on 8 July 2025, the [Google\n| Maps Platform EEA Terms of Service](https://cloud.google.com/terms/maps-platform/eea) will apply to your use of the Services. [Learn more](/maps/comms/eea/faq). In addition, certain content from the Solar API will no longer be returned. [Learn more](/maps/comms/eea/solar).\n\nThe Solar API provides solar data for hundreds of millions of buildings\nacross the world. [Imagery\nquality](/maps/documentation/solar/reference/rest/v1/dataLayers#imageryquality)\ncan be `HIGH`, `MEDIUM`, or `BASE` **(Experimental)**.\n\n- **`HIGH`:** Solar data is derived from aerial imagery captured at low-altitude and processed at 0.1 m/pixel.\n- **`MEDIUM`:** Solar data is derived from enhanced aerial imagery captured at high-altitude and processed at 0.25 m/pixel.\n- **`BASE` (Experimental):** Solar data is derived from enhanced satellite imagery processed at 0.25 m/pixel.\n\nThe Google Maps Platform team is constantly working to improve coverage for our\nAPI services. This interactive map shows where `HIGH`, `MEDIUM`, and `BASE`\nquality solar data is available.\n| **Note:** To access `BASE` **(Experimental)** quality solar data, set `experiments=EXPANDED_COVERAGE` in the request body. To learn more about requesting `BASE` quality data, see [Expanded Coverage\n| (Experimental)](/maps/documentation/solar/expand-coverage).\n\nLatitude and longitude coordinates can be obtained using other Google Maps\nPlatform APIs, such as the [Geocoding API](/maps/documentation/geocoding) or the\n[Places API](/maps/documentation/places/web-service). Coordinates can also be\nextracted from maps created using the [Maps Javascript\nAPI](/maps/documentation/javascript). For example, see [Getting Lat/Lng from a\nClick Event](/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/event-click-latlng).\n\nDrag the map to show a specific area, then zoom in for a detailed view.\n| **Note:** The data shown here is an **approximation** of the exact coverage. You may encounter a 404 error in certain areas (for example, near country borders) even when the area appears to be covered on the map. For information on coverage updates, see the Solar API [Release\nNotes](/maps/documentation/solar/release-notes). \nSolar API - locations coverage \nHIGH resolution \nMEDIUM resolution \nBASE resolution \n(Experimental) \n\n[Download](/static/maps/documentation/solar/images/solar-api-coverage-exp.zip)\nthe shape files used to create this map as a ZIP file."]]
