What is the `sensor` parameter for in the Google Places API?

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TN. picture TN. · Dec 23, 2011 · Viewed 79.7k times · Source

The Google Places API requests have a sensor parameter? How does this parameter affect the results?

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Mano Marks picture Mano Marks · Dec 23, 2011

Edit: The sensor parameter is no longer required, and will now be ignored if it's used.

The parameter doesn't impact the results. It's a parameter that Google is required to collect for Google's data providers who charge differently based on whether the request uses a sensor or not.

see Google docs

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