Hi, My application displays point of interest based on several categories near a user's location. I'm using places API but it seems like either my code is broken or the Google Places API's POI database is not in sync with Google Map's database (LocalSearch?). My location is Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. When I search for "stores" using this as a starting location in Google Maps, I get a whole lot of results. However, when I search for the same type using the Places API, I get a NO_RESULTS. I always get status message irrespective of what I search, while the Local Search API returns the correct results. I thought of using the Local Search API, but Google's documentation says its "Deprecated". Not sure what is going on here. Or Am I using the wrong service to look for POIs?
see for yourself https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=-26.1074409,28.0650196&radius=10000&types=store&sensor=false&key=AIzaSyA_ttFsl74pH4MZy5h4OTNjZbhOTMi30lU -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-js-api-v3/-/tmSG9VgO3voJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
