How to find the type of a place using google api

Question

I have both address and latitude and longitude of a location. Can I find whether which type of place it is? Whether it is a restaurant, hospital, etc.

Answer 1

You can use the place search method of the google places api which takes location(latitude/longitude) and radius and gives you types like

"types" : [ "restaurant", "food", "establishment" ],

in the result.