I want to sort results fetched via google places api based on increasing distance from “location” (a pair of lat, lng). There is no documentation on their official page. http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/places/#PlaceSearchRequests
It just says:
Each element of the results array contains a single result from the
specified area (location and radius), ordered by prominence. The
ordering of results can be influenced by check-in activity within your
application – Places with many recent check-ins may figure more
prominently in your application’s results. The result may also contain
attribution information which must be displayed to the user.
However they didnt mention anything about their prominence meter algorithm.
The Google Places API does not currently support this feature.
There is a feature request for this in the Places API issue tracker here:
http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=3322
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Cheers
Chris