An API providing detailed information about 100 million places, using the database behind Google Maps and Google+.
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Place Picker Automatically close after launch
I want to show place picker so that user can choose location of his/her own choice. But place picker child activity automatically closes after launch. I've check the API key multiple times and other permissions, everything is correct. Here is all…

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iOS Google Places API: "This IP, site or mobile application is not authorized to use this API key"
I am testing the Google Places API on an iOS 7 app.
When I send a request to the API I get a json result with the following error message:
This IP, site or mobile application is not authorized to use this API key.
To build the request, I went to the…

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How to tell when google places autocomplete suggestion was not used?
Short version:
I'm using google's autocomplete places from the Google Places Library (here https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/places) and I need to tell when a user has selected a place from the auto-complete list and when…

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Implement Sharing Location Places Picker same like WhatsApp without Places Picker Since it got deprecated
We had a requirement of sharing location which is a similar kind of WhatsApp with respective to User Interface & functionality.
I have come across that Google Place Picker has got deprecated and also migrated to Places Clients.
Say Like as,
and…

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ApiException: 9003: PLACES_API_ACCESS_NOT_CONFIGURED
I am following the current place tutorial on : Select Current Place and Show Details on a Map
I keep getting the following runtime exception:
com.google.android.gms.common.api.ApiException: 9003:
PLACES_API_ACCESS_NOT_CONFIGURED
I have tried the…

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calculating curvature on routes - Google maps
There is an API for getting heatmap and gradient on the Google Maps API.
But is there any way to calculate curvature of the road of certain route on Google Maps?
Like this one in here: roadcurvature.com

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How to get place description using Google API or any other API?
I am using Google API to get the place information and store it into database. Using Google API I am able to get address, opening hours, rating and reviews as shown in below image.
But, I am not able to get place description which is highlighted in…

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How to get opening hours of a Place with Place Autocomplete intent builder in Android?
Currently, I am building a functionality to search for a company with an AutocompleteTextView. To achieve this I use A PlaceAutocomplete IntentBuilder with the overlay mode like this:
try {
AutocompleteFilter typeFilter = new…

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Fail to obtain specific Place from PlaceBuffer
I have strange problem with one specific place. Any idea ?
This code is working fine, but for one place (accidentally choosen because of starts with aaa - just for test) it fails to obtain Place object from buffer. Even a query was successfull (log:…

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google places autocomplete restrict to particular area
My requirement is to get google places autocomplete suggestion only for Bangalore places, but I am not getting places only for Bangalore or within mention latitude longitude.
I want to retireve only below image places in autocomplete textfield.
can…

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Google Places API in iOS application
Let me share my findings before asking the question.
Google Places API documentation says:
"Note: To use the Google Places API you must first request a Maps API
client ID and cryptographic key which you must use to sign your
request URLs. For…

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Alternative to Google Places API
Since there is a new billing for the use of Google Places API and Google Places SDK, i'm looking to use a free alternative or an alternative with more interesting quotas before paying for these use cases :
Nearby Search (need to find…

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ios Module 'GoogleMapsBase' not found
I have updated my pods to the latest GoogleSDK which now has separate cocoapods. After I have successfully updated my pods I am having issue with the module GoogleMapsBase which cannot be found and as a result I think it cannot build module…

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Best way to get address components from Google Places API response
I'm implementing Google Places in a form where the user will enter his/her location. The location can be a full address or just a city.
I want to get each individual component of the address the user has provided. What's the best way to get each…

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Get list of all intersections in a city
What is the best source and way to get a list of all intersections in a major city?

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