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Pub/Sub Reference Overview
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The Navigation Connect API lets you receive real-time trip updates
asynchronously using Google Cloud Pub/Sub.
For detailed instructions on how to configure your Google Cloud project and
subscribe to trip updates, see
Retrieve trip data: Use Google Cloud Pub/Sub.
To understand how to parse the payload and handle different trip states, see
Handle trip data.
Event Schema Reference
When Navigation Connect publishes updates to your topic, it sends a message
containing a JSON payload. The structure of this payload is defined by the
top-level NavigationConnectEvent schema.
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Last updated 2026-07-10 UTC.
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