i'm developing an app that use google API to obtain a transport solution to reach a location at a desired time.
My code that call google API work perfectly with "driving" and "walking" travel mode, but with "transit" and "bicycling" the response is always marked with the status "ZERO_RESULTS" and no routes is calculated.
This, by the google documentation, means that transit and bicycling are not available in the country where the solution must be calculated.
I tried with several country and I always had the same result, I tried also with the Google example (for transit) in the overview and it doesn't work.
The parameters that I pass with the HTTPS request are: origin, destination, travel mode, arrival_time.
The first thing that I tried is to change arrival_time, in case the value is referred to the past or to a too distant future, but it doesn't work.
In case I don't pass "arrival_time" the response is perfect, but I don't understand because in the Google Documentation is clear that arrival_time is a possible argument of the https request also with the transit travel mode. Without this argument the request is useless for my goal.
The curious thing is that if i pass "transit" (with arrival or departure time) the response is this:
{
"available_travel_modes" : [ "DRIVING", "WALKING" ],
"geocoded_waypoints" : [
{
"geocoder_status" : "OK",
"place_id" : "ChIJu46S-ZZhLxMROG5lkwZ3D7k",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"geocoder_status" : "OK",
"place_id" : "ChIJ53USP0nBhkcRjQ50xhPN_zw",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
}
],
"routes" : [],
"status" : "ZERO_RESULTS"
}
And if I pass "bicycling" (with all the other parameters unchanged):
{
"available_travel_modes" : [ "DRIVING", "WALKING", "TRANSIT" ],
"geocoded_waypoints" : [
{
"geocoder_status" : "OK",
"place_id" : "ChIJu46S-ZZhLxMROG5lkwZ3D7k",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"geocoder_status" : "OK",
"place_id" : "ChIJ53USP0nBhkcRjQ50xhPN_zw",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
}
],
"routes" : [],
"status" : "ZERO_RESULTS"
}
So in the second case the API said that TRANSIT is available and this doesn't make sense at all!
The format of the location that I use is geographical coordinates to avoid cases of ambiguity.
Hope that I give enough information to make you able to help me.
EDIT: sorry, i was thinking that my post was clear enough.
I use Google Directions API: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions/
My problem is with "transit" and "bicycling" as travel mode and is not a code problem, but the problem appears at the level of https response, even with the google example for "transit" that can be found on the overview i obtain a "ZERO_RESULTS" response.
This is the URL of the example:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=75+9th+Ave+New+York,+NY&destination=MetLife+Stadium+1+MetLife+Stadium+Dr+East+Rutherford,+NJ+07073&mode=transit&arrival_time=1391374800&key=YOUR_API_KEY
And here is the two URL that get me the two response that I copied above:
with transit:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=Rome&destination=Milan&mode=transit&arrival_time=1513162800000&key=++API_KEY++
and with bicycling:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=Rome&destination=Milan&mode=transit&arrival_time=1513162800000&key=++API_KEY++
in the code I use for origin and destination geographical coordinates as here:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=41.9027835,12.496365500000024&destination=45.4642035,9.189981999999986&mode=transit&arrival_time=1513162800000&key=++API_KEY++
the only difference is that google do not recognize geocoded waypoints:
{
"available_travel_modes" : [ "DRIVING", "WALKING" ],
"geocoded_waypoints" : [ {}, {} ],
"routes" : [],
"status" : "ZERO_RESULTS"
}
If I use "driving" as travel mode this worked:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=41.9027835,12.496365500000024&destination=45.4642035,9.189981999999986&mode=driving&arrival_time=1513162800000&key=++API_KEY++
{
"geocoded_waypoints" : [
{
"geocoder_status" : "OK",
"place_id" : "EjJQaWF6emEgZGVsbGEgUmVwdWJibGljYSwgMTAsIDAwMTg1IFJvbWEgUk0sIEl0YWxpYQ",
"types" : [ "street_address" ]
},
{
"geocoder_status" : "OK",
"place_id" : "ChIJC5u9LazGhkcRXAZQFNDTpKc",
"types" : [ "street_address" ]
}
],
"routes" : [
{
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 45.4731019,
"lng" : 12.6177051
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 41.9028523,
"lng" : 9.1839517
}
},
"copyrights" : "Dati mappa ©2017 Google",
"legs" : [
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "573 km",
"value" : 572600
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "5 ore 51 min",
"value" : 21069
},
"end_address" : "Via Silvio Pellico, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italia",
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 45.46495119999999,
"lng" : 9.1892874
},
"start_address" : "Piazza della Repubblica, 10, 00185 Roma RM, Italia",
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 41.9028523,
"lng" : 12.4964704
},
"steps" : [
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "93 m",
"value" : 93
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 19
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 41.9035781,
"lng" : 12.4959908
},
"html_instructions" : "Procedi in direzione \u003cb\u003enord\u003c/b\u003e da \u003cb\u003ePiazza della Repubblica\u003c/b\u003e verso \u003cb\u003eVia Giuseppe Romita\u003c/b\u003e",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "ycw~F}ugkAU?I#E#E#a#RG#EDED_#d#OP"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 41.9028523,
"lng" : 12.4964704
},
"travel_mode" : "DRIVING"
},
// cut
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "52 m",
"value" : 52
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 14
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 45.4665738,
"lng" : 9.1889772
},
"html_instructions" : "Continua su \u003cb\u003eVia Santa Margherita\u003c/b\u003e",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "ogotGoxaw#`#`#j#h#"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 45.4669622,
"lng" : 9.189359399999999
},
"travel_mode" : "DRIVING"
},
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "0,2 km",
"value" : 192
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 87
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 45.46495119999999,
"lng" : 9.1892874
},
"html_instructions" : "Svolta a \u003cb\u003esinistra\u003c/b\u003e e prendi \u003cb\u003eVia Silvio Pellico\u003c/b\u003e",
"maneuver" : "turn-left",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "aeotGcvaw#Xw#DCBAxC#~A?d#A"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 45.4665738,
"lng" : 9.1889772
},
"travel_mode" : "DRIVING"
}
],
"traffic_speed_entry" : [],
"via_waypoint" : []
}
],
"overview_polyline" : {
"points" : "//collapsed//"
},
"summary" : "A1/E35 e A1",
"warnings" : [],
"waypoint_order" : []
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}
and if I use "transit" without an arrival time it works:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=41.9027835,12.496365500000024&destination=45.4642035,9.
189981999999986&mode=transit&key=++API_KEY++
and:
{
"geocoded_waypoints" : [
{
"geocoder_status" : "OK",
"place_id" : "EjJQaWF6emEgZGVsbGEgUmVwdWJibGljYSwgMTAsIDAwMTg1IFJvbWEgUk0sIEl0YWxpYQ",
"types" : [ "street_address" ]
},
{
"geocoder_status" : "OK",
"place_id" : "ChIJRYxePKzGhkcRsgPwamn2Pfo",
"types" : [ "street_address" ]
}
],
"routes" : [
{
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 45.4969308,
"lng" : 12.5528041
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 41.892252,
"lng" : 9.188611
}
},
"copyrights" : "Dati mappa ©2017 Google",
"legs" : [
{
"arrival_time" : {
"text" : "13:55",
"time_zone" : "Europe/Rome",
"value" : 1513169733
},
"departure_time" : {
"text" : "10:10",
"time_zone" : "Europe/Rome",
"value" : 1513156231
},
"distance" : {
"text" : "571 km",
"value" : 571467
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "3 ore 45 min",
"value" : 13502
},
"end_address" : "Piazza del Duomo, 1, 20121 Milano MI, Italia",
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 45.4639037,
"lng" : 9.188611
},
"start_address" : "Piazza della Repubblica, 10, 00185 Roma RM, Italia",
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 41.9028429,
"lng" : 12.4964793
},
"steps" : [
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "0,1 km",
"value" : 102
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 87
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 41.902193,
"lng" : 12.4958041
},
"html_instructions" : "Cammina fino a Repubblica",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "wcw~F_vgkA#CBADABA#A#?B?D?B?B#B?B#BBB##BBBDH#D#H##?D?BDRBL?#DXBLBJDHBFVM"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 41.9028429,
"lng" : 12.4964793
},
"steps" : [
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "54 m",
"value" : 54
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 49
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 41.9024775,
"lng" : 12.4962611
},
"html_instructions" : "Procedi in direzione \u003cb\u003esudest\u003c/b\u003e verso \u003cb\u003ePiazza della Repubblica\u003c/b\u003e",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "wcw~F_vgkA#CBADABA#A#?B?D?B?B#B?B#BBB##BBBDH#D#H##?D?B"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 41.9028429,
"lng" : 12.4964793
},
"travel_mode" : "WALKING"
},
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "48 m",
"value" : 48
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 38
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 41.902193,
"lng" : 12.4958041
},
"html_instructions" : "Esci dalla rotonda e prendi \u003cb\u003ePiazza della Repubblica\u003c/b\u003e",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "oaw~FstgkADRBL?#DXBLBJDHBFVM"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 41.9024775,
"lng" : 12.4962611
},
"travel_mode" : "WALKING"
}
],
"travel_mode" : "WALKING"
},
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "0,4 km",
"value" : 437
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 46
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 41.9011732,
"lng" : 12.4996019
},
"html_instructions" : "Metropolitana verso Anagnina",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "u_w~FwqgkAeBIBoA#I|ByM~CmELR"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 41.902193,
"lng" : 12.4958041
},
"transit_details" : {
"arrival_stop" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 41.9011732,
"lng" : 12.4996019
},
"name" : "Termini"
},
"arrival_time" : {
"text" : "10:12",
"time_zone" : "Europe/Rome",
"value" : 1513156353
},
"departure_stop" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 41.902193,
"lng" : 12.4958041
},
"name" : "Repubblica"
},
"departure_time" : {
"text" : "10:11",
"time_zone" : "Europe/Rome",
"value" : 1513156307
},
"headsign" : "Anagnina",
"line" : {
"agencies" : [
{
"name" : "Atac",
"phone" : "011 39 06 57003",
"url" : "http://www.atac.roma.it/"
}
],
"color" : "#e27439",
"name" : "Metro A",
"short_name" : "MEA",
"url" : "http://muovi.roma.it/percorso/js?query=MEA&cl=1",
"vehicle" : {
"icon" : "//maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/transit/iw2/6/subway2.png",
"local_icon" : "//maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/transit/iw2/6/it-metro.png",
"name" : "Metropolitana",
"type" : "SUBWAY"
}
},
"num_stops" : 1
},
"travel_mode" : "TRANSIT"
},
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "2,6 km",
"value" : 2641
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "6 min",
"value" : 330
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 45.4639037,
"lng" : 9.188611
},
"html_instructions" : "Metropolitana verso San Donato",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "//collapsed//"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 45.4844397,
"lng" : 9.202612799999999
},
"transit_details" : {
"arrival_stop" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 45.4639037,
"lng" : 9.188611
},
"name" : "Duomo"
},
"arrival_time" : {
"text" : "13:55",
"time_zone" : "Europe/Rome",
"value" : 1513169730
},
"departure_stop" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 45.4844397,
"lng" : 9.202612799999999
},
"name" : "Centrale FS"
},
"departure_time" : {
"text" : "13:50",
"time_zone" : "Europe/Rome",
"value" : 1513169400
},
"headsign" : "San Donato",
"line" : {
"agencies" : [
{
"name" : "COMUNE DI MILANO",
"phone" : "011 39 02 0202",
"url" : "http://www.muoversi.milano.it/"
}
],
"color" : "#ffea00",
"name" : "M3 - Linea Gialla",
"short_name" : "3",
"vehicle" : {
"icon" : "//maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/transit/iw2/6/subway2.png",
"local_icon" : "//maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/transit/iw2/6/it-metro.png",
"name" : "Metropolitana",
"type" : "SUBWAY"
}
},
"num_stops" : 4
},
"travel_mode" : "TRANSIT"
}
],
"traffic_speed_entry" : [],
"via_waypoint" : []
}
],
"overview_polyline" : {
"points" : "//collapsed//"
},
"summary" : "",
"warnings" : [
"Le indicazioni per tragitti a piedi sono in versione beta. Presta attenzione – questo percorso potrebbe non disporre di marciapiede o aree pedonali."
],
"waypoint_order" : []
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}
The issue in your request is the value that you pass as an arrival_time parameter. Please note that this value must be in seconds:
arrival_time — Specifies the desired time of arrival for transit directions, in seconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC. You can specify either departure_time or arrival_time, but not both. Note that arrival_time must be specified as an integer.
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions/intro#DirectionsRequests
You are passing milliseconds 1513162800000 that corresponds to 03/22/49920 # 8:00am (UTC), the correct value is 1513162800 that corresponds to 12/13/2017 # 11:00am (UTC).
The request should be:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=41.9027835%2C12.496365500000024&destination=45.4642035%2C9.189981999999986&mode=transit&arrival_time=1513162800&key=YOUR_API_KEY
The same request in Directions calculator:
https://directionsdebug.firebaseapp.com/?origin=41.9027835%2C12.496365500000024&destination=45.4642035%2C9.189981999999986&mode=transit&arrival_time=1513162800
I hope this helps!
In case it helps someone else, I also found that setting a departure_time too far in the future (more than a year in my case) led to a "ZERO_RESULTS" response. Making it closer to the present fixed this.
I'm using SwiftyJSON.
I have a json string like this:
{
"geocoded_waypoints" : [
{
"geocoder_status" : "OK",
"place_id" : "ChIJkcemZ9r9jT8RCoy7cipVk3Q",
"types" : [ "route" ]
},
{
"geocoder_status" : "OK",
"place_id" : "ChIJzYyVGtcFjj8RMoV0IaoNhzA",
"types" : [ "route" ]
}
],
"routes" : [
{
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 35.7884236,
"lng" : 51.43490389999999
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 35.7056256,
"lng" : 51.3073962
}
},
"copyrights" : "Map data ©2017 Google",
"legs" : [
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "20.9 km",
"value" : 20893
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "32 mins",
"value" : 1936
},
"end_address" : "Tehran Province, Tehran, Hossein, Iran",
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 35.7883586,
"lng" : 51.43490389999999
},
"start_address" : "Tehran Province, Tehran, Kooy-e-Bimeh, Rostam, Iran",
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 35.7056307,
"lng" : 51.3167437
},
"steps" : [
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "59 m",
"value" : 59
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 21
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 35.70562779999999,
"lng" : 51.31739839999999
},
"html_instructions" : "Head \u003cb\u003eeast\u003c/b\u003e on \u003cb\u003eRostam\u003c/b\u003e toward \u003cb\u003e4th Bimeh St\u003c/b\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:0.9em\"\u003ePass by Burgerich (on the right)\u003c/div\u003e",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "ew|xEsxexH?W?w#?s#"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 35.7056307,
"lng" : 51.3167437
},
"travel_mode" : "DRIVING"
},
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "0.1 km",
"value" : 135
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 30
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 35.7868183,
"lng" : 51.4303372
},
"html_instructions" : "Continue onto \u003cb\u003eSharifi Manesh St\u003c/b\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:0.9em\"\u003ePass by Embassy of Switzerland In Tehran (on the left)\u003c/div\u003e",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "cllyEyy{xHSIQSIIYWk#[_Ak#YQ"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 35.7857769,
"lng" : 51.4295729
},
"travel_mode" : "DRIVING"
},
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "0.3 km",
"value" : 304
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 51
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 35.7852475,
"lng" : 51.4330904
},
"html_instructions" : "\u003cb\u003eSharifi Manesh St\u003c/b\u003e turns \u003cb\u003eright\u003c/b\u003e and becomes \u003cb\u003eElahiyeh St\u003c/b\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:0.9em\"\u003ePass by باشگاه الهیه (on the left)\u003c/div\u003e",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "srlyEs~{xHpBwEdA}BxAqCf#}#"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 35.7868183,
"lng" : 51.4303372
},
"travel_mode" : "DRIVING"
},
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "0.4 km",
"value" : 359
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 70
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 35.7884241,
"lng" : 51.4337388
},
"html_instructions" : "Turn \u003cb\u003eleft\u003c/b\u003e onto \u003cb\u003eKhazar St\u003c/b\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:0.9em\"\u003ePass by MaryamHair (on the left)\u003c/div\u003e",
"maneuver" : "turn-left",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "yhlyEyo|xHwBYwCg#wA[}AQuAM}AC"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 35.7852475,
"lng" : 51.4330904
},
"travel_mode" : "DRIVING"
},
{
"distance" : {
"text" : "0.1 km",
"value" : 105
},
"duration" : {
"text" : "1 min",
"value" : 39
},
"end_location" : {
"lat" : 35.7883586,
"lng" : 51.43490389999999
},
"html_instructions" : "Turn \u003cb\u003eright\u003c/b\u003e at هنرستان مفتح onto \u003cb\u003eHossein\u003c/b\u003e",
"maneuver" : "turn-right",
"polyline" : {
"points" : "s|lyE{s|xH?AJeF"
},
"start_location" : {
"lat" : 35.7884241,
"lng" : 51.4337388
},
"travel_mode" : "DRIVING"
}
],
"traffic_speed_entry" : [],
"via_waypoint" : []
}
],
"overview_polyline" : {
"points" : "ew|xEsxexH?oA"
},
"summary" : "Hakim Expy",
"warnings" : [],
"waypoint_order" : []
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}
what I want to get is routes->legs->distance->text.
my codes:
let json = NSString(data: data, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue) as! String
if let data = json.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8) {
let json = JSON(data: data)
print("--->\(json["routes"]["legs"]["distance"]["text"].string)")
}
print returns --->nil.
routes and legs are arrays, you have to get the first entry first:
let json = NSString(data: data, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue) as! String
if let data = json.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8) {
let json = JSON(data: data)
if let route = json["routes"].first {
if let leg = route["legs"].first {
print("--->\(leg["distance"]["text"].string)")
}
}
}
p.s. You may need to do some logic checking if you don't want the first entry in the arrays.
Using google place search API, I am able to find place name as shown below. However I am not able to get the address of the place.
var placeLoc = place.geometry.location;
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: place.geometry.location
alert(place.name);
If you are using the Google Place API and have the Server key for that, you can request the data from the API as follows:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?placeid=ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4&key=AddYourOwnKeyHere
Where the "place_id" is the parameter which is responsible for fetching out the details of that particular place. The output is in form of JSON/XML consisting of long name, short name, phone number, time, address, URL etc. You can parse the address and displace in your website/app.
For more details click this link
JSON format:
{
"html_attributions" : [],
"result" : {
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "48",
"short_name" : "48",
"types" : [ "street_number" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Pirrama Road",
"short_name" : "Pirrama Road",
"types" : [ "route" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Pyrmont",
"short_name" : "Pyrmont",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "NSW",
"short_name" : "NSW",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "AU",
"short_name" : "AU",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "2009",
"short_name" : "2009",
"types" : [ "postal_code" ]
}
],
"events" : [
{
"event_id" : "9lJ_jK1GfhX",
"start_time" : 1293865200,
"summary" : "<p>A visit from author John Doe, who will read from his latest book.</p>
<p>A limited number of signed copies will be available.</p>",
"url" : "http://www.example.com/john_doe_visit.html"
}
],
"formatted_address" : "48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont NSW, Australia",
"formatted_phone_number" : "(02) 9374 4000",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -33.8669710,
"lng" : 151.1958750
}
},
"icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/generic_business-71.png",
"id" : "4f89212bf76dde31f092cfc14d7506555d85b5c7",
"international_phone_number" : "+61 2 9374 4000",
"name" : "Google Sydney",
"place_id" : "ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4",
"scope" : "GOOGLE",
"alt_ids" : [
{
"place_id" : "D9iJyWEHuEmuEmsRm9hTkapTCrk",
"scope" : "APP"
}
],
"rating" : 4.70,
"reference" : "CnRsAAAA98C4wD-VFvzGq-KHVEFhlHuy1TD1W6UYZw7KjuvfVsKMRZkbCVBVDxXFOOCM108n9PuJMJxeAxix3WB6B16c1p2bY1ZQyOrcu1d9247xQhUmPgYjN37JMo5QBsWipTsnoIZA9yAzA-0pnxFM6yAcDhIQbU0z05f3xD3m9NQnhEDjvBoUw-BdcocVpXzKFcnMXUpf-nkyF1w",
"reviews" : [
{
"aspects" : [
{
"rating" : 3,
"type" : "quality"
}
],
"author_name" : "Simon Bengtsson",
"author_url" : "https://plus.google.com/104675092887960962573",
"language" : "en",
"rating" : 5,
"text" : "Just went inside to have a look at Google. Amazing.",
"time" : 1338440552869
},
{
"aspects" : [
{
"rating" : 3,
"type" : "quality"
}
],
"author_name" : "Felix Rauch Valenti",
"author_url" : "https://plus.google.com/103291556674373289857",
"language" : "en",
"rating" : 5,
"text" : "Best place to work :-)",
"time" : 1338411244325
},
{
"aspects" : [
{
"rating" : 3,
"type" : "quality"
}
],
"author_name" : "Chris",
"language" : "en",
"rating" : 5,
"text" : "Great place to work, always lots of free food!",
"time" : 1330467089039
}
],
"types" : [ "establishment" ],
"url" : "http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=10281119596374313554",
"vicinity" : "48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont",
"website" : "http://www.google.com.au/"
},
"status" : "OK"
}
Hope this would help!!
Some Places Detail provided by Google Places are not correct.
For example if you type Serengeti National Park in the Autocomplete, you have :
{ "predictions" : [
{
"description" : "Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Mara, Tanzania",
"id" : "08bd9d4d10a2c77c36987c118a638ba8f75fb2f1",
"matched_substrings" : [
{
"length" : 23,
"offset" : 0
}
],
"reference" : "CkRAAAAAWmw4d0BvC9XVNF73sDnNPiQ841LRJ02RiaLxFonlOJmvmbP01nFpaJVfQVTa1lJScXHCOGtu9P83kUOYAd7f2xIQ_KqR0A_Sbhg8qvEEaIwlEBoU1dU8yFyfIhcZFfRNpdNGpacv6V8",
"terms" : [
{
"offset" : 0,
"value" : "Serengeti National Park"
},
{
"offset" : 25,
"value" : "Serengeti"
},
{
"offset" : 36,
"value" : "Mara"
},
{
"offset" : 42,
"value" : "Tanzania"
}
],
"types" : [ "establishment", "geocode" ]
} ], "status" : "OK" }
Which is ok. Note the description: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Mara, Tanzania.
However if you access the Google Places Details you have this:
{
"debug_info" : [],
"html_attributions" : [],
"result" : {
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "Serengeti",
"short_name" : "Serengeti",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Mara",
"short_name" : "Mara",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "TZ",
"short_name" : "TZ",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "Tanzania",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -2.333333,
"lng" : 34.833333
}
},
"icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/generic_business-71.png",
"id" : "08bd9d4d10a2c77c36987c118a638ba8f75fb2f1",
"name" : "Serengeti National Park",
...
},
"status" : "OK"
}
We can see that the formatted address isn't correct, the country name is TZ instead of Tanzania, etc.
I want to pass this data to the Geocoding so I can have a viewport and other geometry data, but for that I need a proper address, like the one given in the predictions.description.
Is there a way to get this data upon selction of this place in the autocomplete?
Or is there another way to get information needed to geocode this place?
Thanks a lot