I am working on using the Google Maps API to find showrooms (for example, Audi car) at a particular location.
I tried the Google Maps Places API
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/output?parameters
but no result.
You can specify the following parameters: "output" and "parameters"
output = {json, xml}
parameters = {location, radius, types, language, name, sensor, key}
Refer to the documentations for details: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/
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I have signed up with the Google Maps API. I can geolocate locations using the following query
url = f"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address={city}&key={api_key}"
I need to do a search for towns by partial name.
For example 'MyTown' is a town , but there are also towns with names which include 'MyTown' in the title, such as MyTown-By-Sea, MyTown-SomethingElse and even NiceMyTown
The above query using the API returns just the city MyTown, not the others
Is there some option I have missed to get the Google Maps API to be less specific in the response returned ?
You can use Places Autocomplete API web service. This API will return places suggestions or predictions, based on your given input.
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json
?input=MyTown (based on your example)
&location=latitude,longitude
&key=YOUR_API_KEY
I have 2 Place IDs I've obtained via the Google Places API, and want to display a link to the Google Maps app for directions between those 2 places.
I see that it's possible to do this with 2 addresses based on the answer at Current Location - Google Maps - Link to Directions using the saddr and daddr query parameters
I also see that it's possible to link to a map with a place ID by prefixing place_id:... in the q query parameter from this answer at Getting Google Maps link from place_id
Is there a way to have a directions link with the Google place_id? I tried a URL like:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/place_id:ChIJp4JiUCNP0xQR1JaSjpW_Hms/place_id:ChIJp4JiUCNP0xQR1JaSjpW_Hms and it doesn't seem to work
In order to open Google Maps directions mode with place IDs you have to use Google Maps URLs. The Google Maps URLs in directions mode support parameters origin_place_id and destination_place_id.
Create the following URL for example (note that origin and destination parameters are also mandatory as per documentation)
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&origin=Yukar%C4%B1%20Bah%C3%A7elievler%2C%2070.%20Sk.%2017%2FB%2C%2006490%20%C3%87ankaya%2FAnkara%2C%20Turkey&origin_place_id=ChIJp4JiUCNP0xQR1JaSjpW_Hms&destination=Be%C5%9Fikkaya%2C%202044%2F1.%20Sk.%2C%2006230%20Alt%C4%B1nda%C4%9F%2FAnkara%2C%20Turqu%C3%ADa&destination_place_id=ChIJn-ZptRFT0xQRGUyoJX2s8Wc
Have a look at the documentation for further details.
I hope this helps!
I am trying to get json data of path between two points.
How can i do this with google maps api ?
Like for a given set of latitude/longitude pairs(e.g A={12,43},B={978,54}) i want the output as
path = [A,{12,3},{123,32},B]
How can i do this ?
The Directions API will give you a lot of data such as the polyline and points between two given locations
I'm using getQueryPredictions method to get autofill entries. The value of place_id in about 10% of returned places is a 40 characters long string that starts with "E". I'm trying to pass that place_id to google.maps.DistanceMatrixService().getDistanceMatrix method to get a distance between those places and other "normal" locations but Google does not return anything for such IDs.
You can easily get such "E" place_id if you use address "4498 INTERSTATE NORTH PARKWAY EAST SOUTHEAST" at this form from Map API Documentation It returns "EjM0NDk4IEludGVyc3RhdGUgTiBQa3d5IEUgU0UsIEF0bGFudGEsIEdBIDMwMzM5LCBVU0E" as place_id. Use that ID in any other Maps API mathods and Google won't recognize it as a valid place_id.
How can I use those weird IDs to look up distances? Or how can I transform them into normal place_ids?
I created an API key and used the referred place_id, which returned a valid response.
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?placeid=EjM0NDk4IEludGVyc3RhdGUgTiBQa3d5IEUgU0UsIEF0bGFudGEsIEdBIDMwMzM5LCBVU0E&key=[API_KEY]
Its not specified, but not all Google Maps API can be used with place_id.
You can use the same place ID across the Google Places API and a number of Google Maps APIs. For example, you can use the same place ID to reference a place in the Places API, the Google Maps JavaScript API, the Google Maps Geocoding API, the Google Maps Embed API and the Google Maps Roads API.
For your getDistanceMatrix to work, your destinations[] should either be string, LatLng, or Place objects. You'll have to use the place_id to get the place details (which has the LatLng that you can use for getDistanceMatrix).
Why do calls to the Google Maps Geocoder API return different results than what I see in my browser?
This one returns many items :
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=McDonald,+paris
This one returns a ZERO_RESULT :
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?McDonald,+paris&sensor=false
FAQ: https://developers.google.com/maps/faq#geocoder_differences
The API geocoder finds postal addresses. The Maps geocoder uses lots of data, including business data, to find results.
There is the Places API which can find locations based on type/class, but it may not work for business names. Documentation