I have a review site where user can search using google places api autocomplete textbox to find a specific business and write reviews for it on my site.
The google api returns back bunch of stuff along with 5 reviews for the place searched.
is it ok for me to show the reviews the api returns on my site?
Edit:
If yes,
do i need to put a disclamer or give credit to google for the
reviews shown?
google place api also returns the review's author name, can i to
show it? do i need any permission?
is it ok for me to copy the google api reviews to my site?
If you are showing a Map, along with that data, the Map must be a Google Map(i.e. that data cannot be accompanied with openstreetmap etc.)
If you are only displaying the reviews, you must show "Powered by Google" with them.
If your application displays Google Places API Web Service data on a map, that map must be provided by Google.
If your application displays Google Places API Web Service data on a page or view that does not also display a Google Map, you must show a "Powered by Google" logo with that data. For example, if your application displays a list of places on one tab, and a Google Map with those places on another tab, the first tab must show the "Powered by Google" logo.
More details here: https://developers.google.com/places/webservice/policies
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I am using google places api to pull in all the google reviews into my site. I want to add a button for flagging inappropriate reviews, but is this possible through to make a call along with the places id? I don't see any ids associated with the reviews when I get the response from google api.
I created a coordinates website that shows different information about a location. I pull this information from API's.
One of the things I show on the website are location photos that I pull from Google Places API.
Now I've received an e-mail from a professional photographer who says I'm infringing on his copyrights by showing the photo on my page. I've told him I pull the photo from Google Places and that he should contact Google if he doesn't want his photo on sites.
His reply is that I as website owner are responsible for the content and that Google has nothing to do with it. I find this very hard to believe...
What do you guys think? Any advice? Can ask Google for help?
The Google Places API has this to say about attribution:
Photos returned by the Photo service are sourced from a variety of locations, including business owners and Google+ users contributed photos. In most cases, these photos can be used without attribution, or will have the required attribution included as a part of the image. However, if the returned photo element includes a value in the html_attributions field, you will have to include the additional attribution in your application wherever you display the image.
Did the photo in question have anything in the html_attributions field? If not, then you're correct that the owner needs to talk to Google. If it does and you didn't display it, then you are in breach of copyright.
Anyone knows if I can use google places autocomplete and use MapBox as the map and not Google map?
By doing so am I violating google places terms of use?
Thanks
If you render Places data on a map, it has to be a google map.
However, you can render data without a map, but this required a "Powered by google" logo.
If your application displays Places API data on a map, that map must
be provided by Google.
If your application displays Places API data on a page or view that
does not also display a Google Map, you must show a "Powered by
Google" logo with that data. For example, if your application displays
a list of Places on one tab, and a Google Map with those Places on
another tab, the first tab must show the "Powered by Google" logo.
https://developers.google.com/places/policies
I am using Google Places to render some hotels from a specific area in a website. I was able to get the details like:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?reference=CoQBfAAAAGnd67oCT886cIfOC8m57hGAHyf9saAs8hueRcbguA22mPcazjkk23BWMUOgvrigofuwM1HfRGpLcFtF1WXxv3_n8gb6WgXfaqQFbA0U4_ytSyLyksipx2tjwWU-3EW39ePYtpYhiCwRq9xlNI72Ah4Wv0WytqiJOTF49iTBwCD9EhD1ez5NJDr-pZMI9WagObi3GhQmn9Dum95KN61ZKamJ27wUoJxjvQ&sensor=true&key=[google_key]
If you see the result, it also has a url to official google page.
Is there any way to get the photo of this place from there?
Because the icon parameter does not have the image from here but a specific google image which is the same for all lodging types places.
The Google Places API does not currently support this feature. If you believe this would be a useful feature you can submit a `Places API - Feature Request' here:
http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/entry?template=Places%20API%20-%20Feature%20Request
Google Places API Photos like Google Maps Photo. It is not Business Photo.
A want to query Google for the reviews I have made. I thought this could be done either through the Maps API or the Google+ API but I can't find the call to satisfy my need.
Is there any way this could be done?
We don't currently support returning reviews content in the Google+
API. However the top 5 reviews for any given place are available via
the Google Places API:
http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2013/01/expanding-reviews-content-in-google.html
http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2012/07/add-flexible-search-and-google-reviews.html
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