I have an address field in my app where the user needs to enter the required address. I have used google Geocoder to get the GPS coordinates of the address . But now I want to make it easier for the user by using Places Autocomplete . But Places Autocomplete only returns the address , Id and reference of the place .
Is there a way to get the GPS coordinates of the address selected by the user using Places Autocomplete API ? Do I have to use Geocoder again after the user selects his address from Places Autocomplete ?
Or Should I use Places API again after the user selects his address to get the GPS coordinates of the address ? I dont want to send multiple requests to the Places API because of the usage limits in place . . This is the expected response from Places API ..There is no GPS coordinates in the response .
"status": "OK",
"predictions": [ {
"description": "Paris, France",
"id" : "691b237b0322f28988f3ce03e321ff72a12167fd",
"reference": "CiQYAAAA0Q_JA...kT3ufVLDDvTQsOwZ_tc",
"terms": [ {
"value": "Paris",
"offset": 0
}, {
"value": "France",
"offset": 7
} ],
"types": [ "geocode" ],
"matched_substrings": [ {
"offset": 0,
"length": 5
} ]
}, {
"description": "Paris, TX, United States",
"id" : "518e47f3d7f39277eb3bc895cb84419c2b43b5ac",
"reference": "CjQjAAAAHnbxZZ...BDR3iIOFdMTxwo1jHg",
"terms": [ {
"value": "Paris",
"offset": 0
}, {
"value": "TX",
"offset": 7
}, {
"value": "United States",
"offset": 11
} ],
"types": [ "geocode" ],
"matched_substrings": [ {
"offset": 0,
"length": 5
} ]
}, {
"description": "Paris, Ontario, Canada",
"id" : "e7ac9c89d4a590305242b0cb5bf43064027223c9",
"reference": "CjQhAAAAIv_YWYt...F8KZHY36TwMrbyu_g",
"terms": [ {
"value": "Paris",
"offset": 0
}, {
"value": "Ontario",
"offset": 7
}, {
"value": "Canada",
"offset": 16
} ],
"types": [ "geocode" ],
"matched_substrings": [ {
"offset": 0,
"length": 5
} ]
}
You simply use the Place Details part of the Places API where you get the actual place from the reference in each suggestion using the "reference" value. For example:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?reference=CiQYAAAA0Q_JA...kT3ufVLDDvTQsOwZ_tc&sensor=true&key=AddYourOwnKeyHere
This will give you information about the place including its coordinates (point for a specific location, bounds for an area).