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Place Class

AI-generated Key Takeaways

The Google Maps Places JavaScript library provides tools to search for places using text, proximity, or autocomplete, and retrieve details like photos, reviews, and operating hours.
Developers can leverage the Place class and modern usage patterns, such as Promises, to create location-aware features and access comprehensive place data.
The Places service offers highly accurate, up-to-date, and extensive data representing real-world locations.
Get started with the Place class to integrate powerful place search and data retrieval into your JavaScript application.

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Overview

The Place class provides an API for using the Places library, and supports modern usage patterns such as Promises. With the Place class, you can create location-aware features in your app and make detailed location data available to your users through an intelligent search feature you customize to your needs. The data from the Places service is one of the most accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive place models of the real world.

What you can do with the Place class

The Place class has following features:

Search for places

Text Search (New) lets you search for place data using a text query.
Nearby Search (New) lets you search for nearby places by place type.
Place Autocomplete provides your app with the same type-ahead-search behavior of the Google Maps search field.

Get place data

Place Details (New) provides detailed information about places, including text summary, operating hours, address, user reviews, photos, and more.
Place Photos provides access to high-quality photographic images from the Places database.
Place Reviews provides access to place reviews and ratings.

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