Question

I’m trying to retrieve a latlng of a place using a reference. For some reason it is returning the wrong place to me (which actually has a different reference).

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?sensor=true&key=_API_KEY_GOES_HERE_&reference=CmRfAAAAHsCGh9j9MSeFsmUJgBlNcmzhpMgVaUfyl97WMBEKjY3U-0xjUHzGDy0DU_RQY5vn_MeGdKJ7uyFfVNC0bkaJ5uIlK0Pi0jUF9hcHmuEIFNGPWJKDRR9r1sIu7mWeCBm0EhCH8kQSAG_PRj6QQe60VoxpGhTfjf-gJzyeHQqcdBvnRgSjhvn5ow

And this is the reference that comes back, surely it should be the same?
CmReAAAAhRhvziiV503CkyTnxh8sC5ft38xdSy_7PVGMmtQudlaw5HTo1EbIL3IxkChXd4ZYr06FHI59PgybhUoZfrtGfNNzgNxBTZubxV7fAv3LpvulULuXEQYidgngU8WpwkM9EhB5PCeiQwiUKPuFaV5MHW9mGhS9FUBd1ueZ-b1ueSWeyPhA2t0c6Q

The reference points to postcode ‘w5 4ep’ but is returning westminster

Thanks 🙂

Answer 1

If this is version 2 of google-maps, then it is deprecated why don’t you migrate to V3 that is more flexible and reliable.