docs: clarify requirements for GOOGLE_API_KEY (#22034)

* docs: clarify requirements for GOOGLE_API_KEY

* Update docs/api/environment-variables.md

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* Update docs/api/environment-variables.md

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* Update docs/api/environment-variables.md

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### `GOOGLE_API_KEY` ### `GOOGLE_API_KEY`
You can provide an API key for making requests to Google's geocoding webservice. To do this, place the following code in your main process Geolocation support in Electron requires the use of Google Cloud Platform's
file, before opening any browser windows that will make geocoding requests: geolocation webservice. To enable this feature, acquire a
[Google API key](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geolocation/get-api-key)
and place the following code in your main process file, before opening any
browser windows that will make geolocation requests:
```javascript ```javascript
process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY = 'YOUR_KEY_HERE' process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY = 'YOUR_KEY_HERE'
``` ```
For instructions on how to acquire a Google API key, visit [this page](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key). By default, a newly generated Google API key may not be allowed to make geolocation requests.
By default, a newly generated Google API key may not be allowed to make To enable the geolocation webservice for your project, enable it through the
geocoding requests. To enable geocoding requests, visit [this page](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/get-api-key). [API library](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library).
N.B. You will need to add a
[Billing Account](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/payment-methods#add_a_payment_method)
to the project associated to the API key for the geolocation webservice to work.
### `ELECTRON_NO_ASAR` ### `ELECTRON_NO_ASAR`