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Google Places and AJAX Search APIs and Local Search Control

I started developing a small application whose main goal is to draw a map using the Google Maps API (v3), as well as show the business in the drawn area (bars, restaurants, etc.).

I found the Google Places API that was supposed to be released this month, but it wasn’t. As far as I know, the essence of this API is to offer results from the Google database for business, so later we could place these companies on a map.

However, now I have found this example that uses the AJAX search API and Local Search Control for Google Maps to do the same.

So the question is, what's the point of the new Google Places API?

Thank you in advance!

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The Places API returns a list of locations near a specific lat / lng, while the Local Search API allows you to randomly search the Google database for company data and other POIs.

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