Maps and directions
The assistant can work with locations directly in chat: match an address to a place on the map, compute a route, compare drive times across several stops, and show the area reachable within a set drive time. Results render as an interactive map artifact in the side panel.
What you can ask
- Match an address. "Where is 1600 Main St, Denver CO?" returns the matched, normalized address and its coordinates.
- Route between two places. "Route from our Denver office to the airport" returns distance, drive time, and the road path drawn on a map.
- Compare drive times. "Which of these three locations is closest to downtown by drive time?" computes a time and distance matrix across origins and destinations.
- Show a coverage area. "Show everything within a 15 minute drive of this address" draws the reachable area as a shaded region on the map.
You can combine these in one request, for example a route plus a drive-time area on a single map.
Getting good address matches
The address lookup works best with a complete street address: number, street, city, and state (ZIP helps). Landmark and business names may not match; if a lookup can only find an approximate match (for example a city or region center rather than the exact address), the assistant warns you and asks you to confirm the address or provide coordinates. If you already know the coordinates, you can give them directly and skip the lookup entirely.
Reading the map
Maps open as an artifact in the side panel, like tables and diagrams. Markers show matched locations, lines trace road paths, and shaded regions show drive-time areas. You can pan and zoom, and if the chat lives in a project, save the map to the project board like any other artifact.
See also
- Using chat for the everyday chat flow.
- AI and PHI for how the platform treats sensitive data in chat.