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ankit
ankit

Reputation: 3358

Rails 3: build places database from google maps

I have a ruby on rails 3.0 application which will need a database containing the name and address of all the listed places in a certain area indexed by google maps. I don't need to display the map provided by google maps itself, I just need to be able to get the names and addresses of all places in a certain area from google, store this on my server, and then match the address/name a user enters with the place in my database if it exists, or add it if it doesn't. I have some questions about this:

  1. Are there any gems out there that would help with this? A quick google search brought up gems which show places graphically on the google map, but this isn't what I need.

  2. Approximately how much space will I need to store the names and addresses of, say every place in a city indexed by google maps?

I'd appreciate any feedback on how to go about building the places database using the google maps database as a source and making sure it's quickly accessible.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1216

Answers (1)

shobhit
shobhit

Reputation: 700

I just implemented an application for Google Places . There were about 4 million records in the Google places Db so the approach i used it you just make a curl call for a google place and store it in Database ,so next time i serve the place from DB. Don't store all the records in Db as this will make your Db too heavy. also google places allow only 1000 queries per day from a single IP. you also need ranking of the places with Db eg Paris in Canada and Paris in NYC will come together when you will search for paris. Google doesnot provide data according to the ranking . there is a different mechanism for finding ranking of the places

Upvotes: 1

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