How to get location coordinates knowing place_id via google javascript api
From the example in the Google Maps Javascript API v3 documentation (with your place_id):
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);
service.getDetails(request, function(place, status) {
if (status == google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: place.geometry.location
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
infowindow.setContent(place.name);
infowindow.open(map, this);
});
map.fitBounds(place.geometry.viewport);
}
});
working fiddle
code snippet:
var geocoder;
var map;
function initialize() {
var map = new google.maps.Map(
document.getElementById("map_canvas"), {
center: new google.maps.LatLng(37.4419, -122.1419),
zoom: 13,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
});
var request = {
placeId: 'ChIJOwE7_GTtwokRFq0uOwLSE9g'
};
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);
service.getDetails(request, function(place, status) {
if (status == google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: place.geometry.location
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
infowindow.setContent(place.name);
infowindow.open(map, this);
});
map.fitBounds(place.geometry.viewport);
}
});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, "load", initialize);
html,
body,
#map_canvas {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px
}
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places&key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk"></script>
<div id="map_canvas" style="border: 2px solid #3872ac;"></div>
You don't need a map. It is a Restful web service that returns a JSON string. In your application, you only need to send a HTTP request to
GET https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?place_id=ChIJOwE7_GTtwokRFq0uOwLSE9g&key=KEY_GOES_HERE
and then parse the JSON string returned, and retrieve the latlng inside.
If you are using Jquery in your web app, you may do
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?place_id=ChIJOwE7_GTtwokRFq0uOwLSE9g&key=KEY_GOES_HERE",
dataType: "text",
success: function (yourJSONstring){
var respJson = $.parseJSON(yourJSONstring);
// then something like ...
// respJson.results[0].geometry.location.lat;
// respJson.results[0].geometry.location.lng;
},
error: function (xhr) {
}
});