Question

I saw that the json response from google places returns a field photo_reference. Does anyone know how to get the image associated?

  "icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/restaurant-71.png",
         "id" : "320d77fa60610f618058bd58b8ba46e340c615b8",
         "name" : "The Meat & Wine Co",
         "opening_hours" : {
            "open_now" : true
         },
         "photos" : [
            {
               "height" : 968,
               "html_attributions" : [],
               "photo_reference" : "CoQBeQAAAAgOdveT3dRtzoJ42BTBZfCdZptWsqLN3bROkP4FVHNNX-qjxBiw0vdGpDaX_lVb3rcaQf5hBVvrEdMUMDKB2gcsIOaVNII_zLvY-5Kf4rOuTXElOgSHb5vxJoB-o70Oh0Bs-zxxUpHM0Ji_BPk2RpXoKdf8jG_QLPaulXWoC7TcEhDSLjj-4_l3hJpD0W_qBtoMGhT1MK1GRVFH1dnJolimMP7Z8a2tZA",
               "width" : 1296
            }
         ],
         "rating" : 3.90,

Answer 1

I’ve been wondering the same thing. I read about the Picasa API, that seems like a logical storage place for these images.

UPDATED 03-13-2013

This feature has been released as part of the Places API. See the link for documentation. https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/photos