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How to get a picture of some location using GeoDataApi?

I wanted to know how to get the picture of some location using GeoDataApi instead of any of the newest Google Play services releases like 11.2.0 , say for example with 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:10.2.0' , how do i get a photo of a place? .

You can use Google Places Api to get the nearby places and the json or xml which you will get from here , for eg :
JSON
{
"html_attributions" : [],
"results" : [
{
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -33.870775,
"lng" : 151.199025
}
},
"icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/travel_agent-71.png",
"id" : "21a0b251c9b8392186142c798263e289fe45b4aa",
"name" : "Rhythmboat Cruises",
"opening_hours" : {
"open_now" : true
},
"photos" : [
{
"height" : 270,
"html_attributions" : [],
"photo_reference" : "CnRnAAAAF-LjFR1ZV93eawe1cU_3QNMCNmaGkowY7CnOf-kcNmPhNnPEG9W979jOuJJ1sGr75rhD5hqKzjD8vbMbSsRnq_Ni3ZIGfY6hKWmsOf3qHKJInkm4h55lzvLAXJVc-Rr4kI9O1tmIblblUpg2oqoq8RIQRMQJhFsTr5s9haxQ07EQHxoUO0ICubVFGYfJiMUPor1GnIWb5i8",
"width" : 519
}
],
"place_id" : "ChIJyWEHuEmuEmsRm9hTkapTCrk",
"scope" : "GOOGLE",
"alt_ids" : [
{
"place_id" : "D9iJyWEHuEmuEmsRm9hTkapTCrk",
"scope" : "APP"
}
],
"reference" : "CoQBdQAAAFSiijw5-cAV68xdf2O18pKIZ0seJh03u9h9wk_lEdG-cP1dWvp_QGS4SNCBMk_fB06YRsfMrNkINtPez22p5lRIlj5ty_HmcNwcl6GZXbD2RdXsVfLYlQwnZQcnu7ihkjZp_2gk1-fWXql3GQ8-1BEGwgCxG-eaSnIJIBPuIpihEhAY1WYdxPvOWsPnb2-nGb6QGhTipN0lgaLpQTnkcMeAIEvCsSa0Ww",
"types" : [ "travel_agency", "restaurant", "food", "establishment" ],
"vicinity" : "Pyrmont Bay Wharf Darling Dr, Sydney"
},
{
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -33.866891,
"lng" : 151.200814
}
},
"icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/restaurant-71.png",
"id" : "45a27fd8d56c56dc62afc9b49e1d850440d5c403",
"name" : "Private Charter Sydney Habour Cruise",
"photos" : [
{
"height" : 426,
"html_attributions" : [],
"photo_reference" : "CnRnAAAAL3n0Zu3U6fseyPl8URGKD49aGB2Wka7CKDZfamoGX2ZTLMBYgTUshjr-MXc0_O2BbvlUAZWtQTBHUVZ-5Sxb1-P-VX2Fx0sZF87q-9vUt19VDwQQmAX_mjQe7UWmU5lJGCOXSgxp2fu1b5VR_PF31RIQTKZLfqm8TA1eynnN4M1XShoU8adzJCcOWK0er14h8SqOIDZctvU",
"width" : 640
}
],
"place_id" : "ChIJqwS6fjiuEmsRJAMiOY9MSms",
"scope" : "GOOGLE",
"reference" : "CpQBhgAAAFN27qR_t5oSDKPUzjQIeQa3lrRpFTm5alW3ZYbMFm8k10ETbISfK9S1nwcJVfrP-bjra7NSPuhaRulxoonSPQklDyB-xGvcJncq6qDXIUQ3hlI-bx4AxYckAOX74LkupHq7bcaREgrSBE-U6GbA1C3U7I-HnweO4IPtztSEcgW09y03v1hgHzL8xSDElmkQtRIQzLbyBfj3e0FhJzABXjM2QBoUE2EnL-DzWrzpgmMEulUBLGrtu2Y",
"types" : [ "restaurant", "food", "establishment" ],
"vicinity" : "Australia"
},
{
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -33.870943,
"lng" : 151.190311
}
},
"icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/restaurant-71.png",
"id" : "30bee58f819b6c47bd24151802f25ecf11df8943",
"name" : "Bucks Party Cruise",
"opening_hours" : {
"open_now" : true
},
"photos" : [
{
"height" : 600,
"html_attributions" : [],
"photo_reference" : "CnRnAAAA48AX5MsHIMiuipON_Lgh97hPiYDFkxx_vnaZQMOcvcQwYN92o33t5RwjRpOue5R47AjfMltntoz71hto40zqo7vFyxhDuuqhAChKGRQ5mdO5jv5CKWlzi182PICiOb37PiBtiFt7lSLe1SedoyrD-xIQD8xqSOaejWejYHCN4Ye2XBoUT3q2IXJQpMkmffJiBNftv8QSwF4",
"width" : 800
}
],
"place_id" : "ChIJLfySpTOuEmsRsc_JfJtljdc",
"scope" : "GOOGLE",
"reference" : "CoQBdQAAANQSThnTekt-UokiTiX3oUFT6YDfdQJIG0ljlQnkLfWefcKmjxax0xmUpWjmpWdOsScl9zSyBNImmrTO9AE9DnWTdQ2hY7n-OOU4UgCfX7U0TE1Vf7jyODRISbK-u86TBJij0b2i7oUWq2bGr0cQSj8CV97U5q8SJR3AFDYi3ogqEhCMXjNLR1k8fiXTkG2BxGJmGhTqwE8C4grdjvJ0w5UsAVoOH7v8HQ",
"types" : [ "restaurant", "food", "establishment" ],
"vicinity" : "37 Bank St, Pyrmont"
},
{
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -33.867591,
"lng" : 151.201196
}
},
"icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/travel_agent-71.png",
"id" : "a97f9fb468bcd26b68a23072a55af82d4b325e0d",
"name" : "Australian Cruise Group",
"opening_hours" : {
"open_now" : true
},
"photos" : [
{
"height" : 242,
"html_attributions" : [],
"photo_reference" : "CnRnAAAABjeoPQ7NUU3pDitV4Vs0BgP1FLhf_iCgStUZUr4ZuNqQnc5k43jbvjKC2hTGM8SrmdJYyOyxRO3D2yutoJwVC4Vp_dzckkjG35L6LfMm5sjrOr6uyOtr2PNCp1xQylx6vhdcpW8yZjBZCvVsjNajLBIQ-z4ttAMIc8EjEZV7LsoFgRoU6OrqxvKCnkJGb9F16W57iIV4LuM",
"width" : 200
}
],
"place_id" : "ChIJrTLr-GyuEmsRBfy61i59si0",
"scope" : "GOOGLE",
"reference" : "CoQBeQAAAFvf12y8veSQMdIMmAXQmus1zqkgKQ-O2KEX0Kr47rIRTy6HNsyosVl0CjvEBulIu_cujrSOgICdcxNioFDHtAxXBhqeR-8xXtm52Bp0lVwnO3LzLFY3jeo8WrsyIwNE1kQlGuWA4xklpOknHJuRXSQJVheRlYijOHSgsBQ35mOcEhC5IpbpqCMe82yR136087wZGhSziPEbooYkHLn9e5njOTuBprcfVw",
"types" : [ "travel_agency", "restaurant", "food", "establishment" ],
"vicinity" : "32 The Promenade, King Street Wharf 5, Sydney"
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}
The above JSON gives you the photo_reference which can be used in the Google PLaces Photos API to get a URL, which can be used to load the photos using Glide or Picasso as per the requirement.

This might help:
Google API documentation to use GeoDataApi
https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/location/places/GeoDataApi
Also, below is a reference link:
https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/photos#photo_references

Use the Google Place Photos api: https://developers.google.com/places/android-api/photos?hl=en

Google place API (Place searcher)

I've been using Google place API on old projects, but on those projects I had to pick a place and then, the API returned to me information about that place...
The thing is with this same API can I ask for a place for example Restaurant X, and then I get a json or xml with all of those Restaurant X (nearby or not)?
Or if it's another API to get places without having to pick them manually feel free to say it to me.
EDIT
I've found a tutorial but it's kinda old... but the thing is that I've implement all of those stuff and when I click on any item from the Spinner nothing changes...
And I think I'm calling correct the API
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=41.493375,2.354788333333333&radius=5000&types=restaurant&sensor=true&key=AIzaSyBXxZ6lF5WGqCi4ToRJoFihTxGOVzC5vGE

The Google Places API has a REST end-point that you could use to get back details of places of various types within the vicinity you provided.
For example, this end-point https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=44.661704,%20-63.609050&radius=2000&types=restaurant&name=thai&key=XXXX would return back all 'restaurants' that has a name 'thai' in it as a JSON.
The result would be something like this:
"html_attributions" : [],
"results" : [
{
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 44.6496741,
"lng" : -63.61783519999999
}
},
"icon" : "https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/restaurant-71.png",
"id" : "00b680706e7d8085d4b010b2d99789d8d046f9aa",
"name" : "Thai Express",
"opening_hours" : {
"open_now" : true,
"weekday_text" : []
},
"photos" : [
{
"height" : 517,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/104629276961555072183/photos\"\u003eThai Express\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CmRdAAAAJktMRG2eiCnmejhFOWMYxdpUq97IpUv407jlwfWGAPVVaksJsk36Cbv6ZONNfGs92kEA1Wtgw_4V_dCz5PhABknBl8eR-XIkloEQF2Cs9XmQbmQmV3lW5Q6hz4DYtPJwEhBuQUr3CwPP4dJmBnBfkLLmGhSB76vOFUm-NA_ab42xrdAPDhoq0A",
"width" : 1562
}
],
"place_id" : "ChIJa6gRMpghWksRHseXPRkQT6c",
"reference" : "CmRgAAAARuvIKASXzP7UxvFCd3dZ8TnIX58O2SHrtySdT09_HjwYFld8ktryg3mEvIyf-utJhnjPxJ74dV1Vk6slCTwdL3NOW4MYpDkyh3v1lCXYG1bdFw-QzchfeFC-KISlRkbWEhD_iDkV6G1ctXxnALq-rlyAGhTHCjz-C9bbQ9eE2NZeX34--ficrA",
"scope" : "GOOGLE",
"types" : [
"meal_takeaway",
"meal_delivery",
"restaurant",
"food",
"point_of_interest",
"establishment"
],
"vicinity" : "7001 Mumford Road, Halifax"
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}
More details about the Places API Web Service are here - https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/intro. The supported types you could search for are here - https://developers.google.com/places/supported_types.
Hope this answers your question.

Google Places photos: convert photo_reference to photo url

I'm trying to build an app that would display the location name of a nearby place as well as its photo. I'm using Google Places API.
I would like to quickly convert photo_reference to the photo url.
Currently, if you do a nearby search, you would get back this json with 20 nearby locations (I have just pasted 2 locations as the json is too long):
{
"html_attributions" : [
"Listings by \u003ca href=\"http://www.easyinfo.co.za/\"\u003eEasyinfo.co.za\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"next_page_token" : "CvQB7AAAAEIeM4orJZv2oOV0Lt_mhGBbkvvJIyOwjcHeStpcC5E6fR7pNHw4VsS6cMSKzFRtyjr2LQ67GSvZwFGxw8f72sxwO6NggFNsSyakjO9bKovKpjCn4-uHoQyXESaxMqMci1fet-n9EJEp-VoBVXv-iIb_TvSO26iIXkGUeO-09-19ucYirFahOaNF0pp8ttod59XWgsLPs5r1PnkakrYj5JBgawP83T0ZMwIY52oViQJNGvR6_Bpf73dK68iUnj24w5QNZOql6uAlvFAg-BXs5FKjTWvQO0nR5woo5mJjDzYvbaxQkpMqFQ-BMEnZ3RX10xIQ3twWZWnygJl78DhqZH1DkBoUdcq5qakPBsg1QAn6BdcqdrQFz2g",
"results" : [
{
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -26.2020253,
"lng" : 28.0500779
},
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : -26.2003339,
"lng" : 28.054075
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : -26.2041059,
"lng" : 28.0470949
}
}
},
"icon" : "https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/geocode-71.png",
"id" : "0765607c0fdb4fae92e59390aff8e9501e98e59c",
"name" : "Fashion District",
"place_id" : "ChIJ2Vn0h5wOlR4RsOSteUYYM6g",
"reference" : "CpQBkAAAADboZMmtzHTuxZ85pPFK1fr-V0QslLUKBr8QZssBme4qcqLqs7SvrW-L2lJZg3S0PBYTGzuBU8M1F-Ll72tOdto-hfnxOCBOFfVIQEYe264r-IbWZjiFbuqOHBtU5z99jo3NrTxI29MvE8ogUYccX8FukX8eoAcpKti3Ik2VLvDziRKArf2EDy-6CtSbxeCnthIQyHx09QzBQ-pWEelLd6tCsxoUklzTqP7XbT6WbDCbIa42k1R4Iic",
"scope" : "GOOGLE",
"types" : [ "neighborhood", "political" ],
"vicinity" : "Johannesburg"
},
{
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -26.205586,
"lng" : 28.046573
}
},
"icon" : "https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/restaurant-71.png",
"id" : "671355d0ee1b5b0bbc1556321cea85ca164601de",
"name" : "KFC Carlton Centre",
"opening_hours" : {
"open_now" : true,
"weekday_text" : []
},
"photos" : [
{
"height" : 296,
"html_attributions" : [
"\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/106295947298714161198\"\u003eKFC Carlton Centre\u003c/a\u003e"
],
"photo_reference" : "CmRdAAAAHcsAE2aiv5lIxLEo0c9xMUmH-chXoAeq6yrFPw5uy7LdppAMxBmg8_yvG9y9qaXqsH-IrcPsBD6QQvsfZnpml3U5zgh93nTbm5WONnYmutBSltIr9FwuK-awm8l1vyKeEhD9AqZpJwFLIWms2GeZGPR2GhSPp1JyAU_6_s1Im1_oH5tB4IjyXQ",
"width" : 607
}
],
"place_id" : "ChIJTQABc5kOlR4RAzBKVJ-lZNo",
"price_level" : 1,
"rating" : 3.7,
"reference" : "CnRmAAAAyOipUqSqkrpsKw96nu3YnT72kF2Yj_FWAd3wJkzM6a73ZZu8AJIXGsS-EmvugVGsgcEEcadiPfLJCdX3_molaMarh-sox9sIDp5M9LE6xhE1U-6WMXarQEjNu6_ATfQMdaR0nJPpxCX_AS2vbym1wBIQAA9yUjeeEXHF-HDsjTj9kBoUvRoUMWlNtyY30v0iWqMUzstMHOE",
"scope" : "GOOGLE",
"types" : [ "restaurant", "food", "point_of_interest", "establishment" ],
"vicinity" : "Commissioner Street, Carlton Centre, Johannesburg"
}
To get the photo url, you will have to call the following for each of the 20 photo_reference in the json - these calls to the google servers take a lot of time to return as you are calling the server 20 individual times:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/photo?maxwidth=400&photoreference=CmRdAAAAHcsAE2aiv5lIxLEo0c9xMUmH-chXoAeq6yrFPw5uy7LdppAMxBmg8_yvG9y9qaXqsH-IrcPsBD6QQvsfZnpml3U5zgh93nTbm5WONnYmutBSltIr9FwuK-awm8l1vyKeEhD9AqZpJwFLIWms2GeZGPR2GhSPp1JyAU_6_s1Im1_oH5tB4IjyXQ&key=API-KEY
Each call returns something similar to this which is the actual url for the image - if you click the link below, it goes to the actual picture.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B8FWOhhu2_k/VTdYJeFjRhI/AAAAAAAAAD8/JSJamjx4XyA/s1600-w400/
I think this is a highly inefficient way to obtain the links for the place photos, my rest API calls sometime returns after 10 seconds. Is there a way to do this efficiently?

Google Places API: Are "place_id" or "id" unique to any city in the world?

When doing a autocomplete API call for a location, I request a JSON response from google.
What is the difference between the "id" and "place_id" string?
Are these two id's unique to any city in the world?
Does google places assign every city in the world an id?
For example, does Somers, NY, USA have the same id as Somers, New York, United States?
Is there an easy way to get an id for a city? (from a google maps url or something?)
Here is the JSON response from a autocomplete api call of Somers NY USA:
{
"html_attributions" : [],
"result" : {
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "Somers",
"short_name" : "Somers",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_3", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Westchester County",
"short_name" : "Westchester County",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "New York",
"short_name" : "NY",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "United States",
"short_name" : "US",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
}
],
"adr_address" : "\u003cspan class=\"locality\"\u003eSomers\u003c/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"region\"\u003eNY\u003c/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"country-name\"\u003eUSA\u003c/span\u003e",
"formatted_address" : "Somers, NY, USA",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 41.29963050000001,
"lng" : -73.7360175
},
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 41.3550988,
"lng" : -73.65881709999999
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 41.2379047,
"lng" : -73.78000709999999
}
}
},
"icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/geocode-71.png",
"id" : "8e846f7cdf419380d138e6d605137e739075b777",
"name" : "Somers",
"place_id" : "ChIJ6wv7yGixwokRIwjh6OWI4I0",
"reference" : "CoQBcgAAAKxvwwjlyK3ZaVA5DAM52DU8tMMplyvamYxXVJuMyDplQ3SUs-9ONvZgIN4sDW_sUz9z7wdoBCmPcgWHY9Oi_l0hImvMtiE8s6TKaUCDju2vzlcSEGXtDW0bvixVbbuF35AP2stRw80YjcrnwuMDglKEHKUVdH8vzSVG91WNOcOcEhBda300E-VstT6ZQ1zCx30eGhQBUGcFLuUeB484h1AzDw75Aw5wxA",
"scope" : "GOOGLE",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_3", "political" ],
"url" : "https://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=Somers,+NY,+USA&ftid=0x89c2b168c8fb0beb:0x8de088e5e8e10823"
},
"status" : "OK"
}

"id" and "reference" have been deprecated and will be removed from the results in mid-2015. They were not "unique" in the sense that you could look up somewhere from that info.
Placeid is different - it is both unique to the location and the location generally only has one Placeid. (This is true in most cases. However a "place" can have additional IDs that refer to different scopes (Google scope vs user scope) or if a business has moved to a different place giving it a new place_id. However in all cases, place_id is still persistent.) Furthermore you use the Placeid to access the Details API.
See the deprecation notice here: https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/search
Note: The id and reference fields are deprecated as of June 24, 2014.
They are replaced by the new place ID, a unique identifier that can be
used to compare places and to retrieve information about a place. The
Places API currently returns a place_id in all responses, and accepts
a placeid in the Place Details and Place Delete requests. Soon after
June 24, 2015, the API will stop returning the id and reference fields
in responses. Some time later, the API will no longer accept the
reference in requests. We recommend that you update your code to use
the new place ID instead of id and reference as soon as possible.

Comments in Google Place

I saw in the official documentation of google places : https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/search
that the response gave from the server to search is :
"results" : [
{
"formatted_address" : "529 Kent Street, Sydney NSW, Australia",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -33.8750460,
"lng" : 151.2052720
}
},
"icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/restaurant-71.png",
"id" : "827f1ac561d72ec25897df088199315f7cbbc8ed",
"name" : "Tetsuya's",
"rating" : 4.30,
"reference" : "CnRmAAAAmmm3dlSVT3E7rIvwQ0lHBA4sayvxWEc4nZaXSSjRtfKRGoYnfr3d5AvQGk4e0u3oOErXsIJwtd3Wck1Onyw6pCzr8swW4E7dZ6wP4dV6AsXPvodwdVyqHgyGE_K8DqSp5McW_nFcci_-1jXb5Phv-RIQTzv5BjIGS0ufgTslfC6dqBoU7tw8NKUDHg28bPJlL0vGVWVgbTg",
"types" : [ "restaurant", "food", "establishment" ]
}...
I would like to know if it is posible to reach info like comments,
basically to reach more info that those 8 variables.
Tx !

it is disponible en :
"results" : [
"reviews" : [
{
"aspects" : [
{
"rating" : 3,
"type" : "quality"
}
],
"author_name" : "Simon Bengtsson",
"author_url" : "https://plus.google.com/104675092887960962573",
"text" : "Just went inside to have a look at Google. Amazing.",
"time" : 1338440552869
},
{
"aspects" : [
{
"rating" : 3,
"type" : "quality"
}
],
"author_name" : "Felix Rauch Valenti",
"author_url" : "https://plus.google.com/103291556674373289857",
"text" : "Best place to work :-)",
"time" : 1338411244325
},
{
"aspects" : [
{
"rating" : 3,
"type" : "quality"
}
],
"author_name" : "Chris",
"text" : "Great place to work, always lots of free food!",
"time" : 1330467089039
}
],
"types" : [ "establishment" ],
"url" : "http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=10281119596374313554",
"vicinity" : "48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont",
"website" : "http://www.google.com.au/"
},
Official page: https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/details