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Asked: 2026-05-21T14:15:19+00:00

We need to display meta information (e.g, address, name) on our site for various

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We need to display meta information (e.g, address, name) on our site for various venues like bars, restaurants, and theaters.

Ideally, users would type in the name of a venue, along with zip code, and we present the closest matches.

Which APIs have people used for similar geolocation purposes? What are the pros and cons of each?

Our basic research yielded a few options (listed in title and below). We’re curious to hear how others have deployed these APIs and which ones are ultimately in use.

Does Facebook plan on offering a Places API eventually that could accomplish this?

Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    Facebook Places is based on Factual. You can use Factual’s API which is pretty good (and still free, I think?)

    http://www.factual.com/topic/local

    You can also use unauthenticated Foursquare as a straight places database. The data is of uneven quality since it’s crowdsourced, but I find it generally good. It’s free to a certain API limit, but I think the paid tier is negotiated.

    https://developer.foursquare.com/

    I briefly looked at Google Places but didn’t like it because of all the restrictions on how you have to display results (Google wants their ad revenue).

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