Search along route

To use Text Search (New) to search along a route, pass the precalculated route from the Routes API in the request as a polyline. The response contains places that match the search criteria and are also located near the specified route.

To search along a route:

1. Use the Routes API to calculate a route that returns a route's encoded polyline in the response.

   Note: You can also encode your own polyline as described in Encoded Polyline Algorithm Format.

By default, Text Search (New) performs the search along the entire route from the origin to the destination as defined by the polyline. In the following example, the polyline defines the route from:

• Origin: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA
• Destination: 24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco, CA

The trip's encoded polyline for this route is represented by the string:

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Note: Search along route only supports an encoded polyline, which can be passed as a string and includes compression with minimal lossiness. This is the Routes API default output. For more information, see Request route polylines.

Note: Because search along route returns places with minimal detour times from origin to destination, in cases where the route origin and destination are the same or close to one another, search along route may not return any results.

Try it!

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1. Select the API icon api on the right side of the page.

2. Optionally edit the request parameters.

3. Select the Execute button. In the dialog, choose the account that you want to use to make the request.

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