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evenro
evenro

Reputation: 2646

Get a list of places near a specific point (NOT near current place)

I want to get a list of places near an area my user looks at on a map (within an iOS app). I am using Google API:

var placesClient: GMSPlacesClient? = GMSPlacesClient.shared()

I could have not figure out an interface that provides what I want..

placesClient?.currentPlace

does not provide the required results, since its results are only near the current location.

placesClient?.autocompleteQuery

would have been a great workaround if it allowed using an empty query, which it does not....

Any ideas on how to get places near a specific point / region I supply?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 610

Answers (1)

evenro
evenro

Reputation: 2646

It appears Google has a web service that can be used for that.

The web service API is available here: https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/

The API asks for location, radius, and key - exactly what I needed.

I posted a question (and an answer for it later) with an example of how to call it (please make sure you implement the solution, and not just copy-paste the code): Google Places API web service using swift returns error 303

Upvotes: 1

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