Local data around the world
Get data from the same database used by Google Maps and Google+ Local. Places features more than 100 million businesses and points of interest that are updated frequently through owner-verified listings and user-moderated contributions.
Place search
Return a list of places based on a user’s location or search string.
Place details
Return detailed information about a specific place, including user review.
Add places
Supplement data in Google’s Places database with data from your application.Demos and sample code
Quickstart steps
Click "Get a Key" to create a project on the Google API Console,
activate the Google Places API Web Service and get an API key.
Then read the
documentation and start developing.
You're all set!
To start developing, please head over to our developer documentation.
Activate the Google Places API Web Service
To get you started we'll guide you through the Google Developers Console to do a few things first:
- Create or choose a project
- Activate the Google Places API Web Service
- Create appropriate keys
You're all set!
Billing has been enabled for your selected project. For further details on what this means and what limits and features are now available to you, please head over to our pricing page.
Enabling billing
To enable billing and unlock higher quotas for the Google Maps APIs, we'll guide you through the Google Developers Console to complete a few tasks:
- Create or choose a project
- Set up or choose your billing profile
- Enable billing on your project
Related APIs
Use the Places API along with other APIs to build location-relevant apps and sites.
Web Services
Check out our cross-platform Web Service APIs that
can be added to your project for batch processing, advanced
features and other server-side operations.